Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2D. McKay, 1866 - United States |
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Page 51
... heavy guns , Sigel now pressed for- ward to attack the Confederate line of battle in the rear . along the Fayette- ville road , as far as Sharp's farm , with about a hundred prisoners whom he had captured , when the firing at the ...
... heavy guns , Sigel now pressed for- ward to attack the Confederate line of battle in the rear . along the Fayette- ville road , as far as Sharp's farm , with about a hundred prisoners whom he had captured , when the firing at the ...
Page 52
... heavy body of fresh Confederates were seen hurrying forward to give them a crushing blow . The quick eye and judgment of General Lyon saw the peril of his comrades , and he ordered the Second Kansas to their support . He rode forward ...
... heavy body of fresh Confederates were seen hurrying forward to give them a crushing blow . The quick eye and judgment of General Lyon saw the peril of his comrades , and he ordered the Second Kansas to their support . He rode forward ...
Page 53
... heavy body of infantry advancing from the hill on which Sigel's guns had been heard . Above them was seen waving the banner of the Union . Pre- parations were made to form a junction with them , and they had approached to a covered ...
... heavy body of infantry advancing from the hill on which Sigel's guns had been heard . Above them was seen waving the banner of the Union . Pre- parations were made to form a junction with them , and they had approached to a covered ...
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... heavy guns , hasten to Randolph and Fort Pillow , on the Tennessee shore . The ink of that dispatch was scarcely dry , when he countermanded the order , for he had heard glad tidings from McCulloch , in front of Lyon . Again , on the ...
... heavy guns , hasten to Randolph and Fort Pillow , on the Tennessee shore . The ink of that dispatch was scarcely dry , when he countermanded the order , for he had heard glad tidings from McCulloch , in front of Lyon . Again , on the ...
Page 63
... heavy guns to Randolph and Fort Pillow . Pillow demurred , and charged Polk , by implication , with keeping back re - enforcements , and thwarting his well - laid plans for the liberation of Missouri . Polk retorted , and intimated that ...
... heavy guns to Randolph and Fort Pillow . Pillow demurred , and charged Polk , by implication , with keeping back re - enforcements , and thwarting his well - laid plans for the liberation of Missouri . Polk retorted , and intimated that ...
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Albemarle Sound arms army arrived artillery attack Banks battery battle Beauregard brigade British Buell camp cannon Captain capture cavalry Colonel command composed Confede Confederates conspirators Corinth Creek Cumberland Cumberland River defense dispatch division Donelson enemy expedition Ferry fight fire flag flank fled fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Jackson forward Fremont front Government Grant gun-boats Halleck head-quarters heavy guns Heintzelman Henry hundred infantry insurgents intrenchments Island Number Jackson John Johnston Kentucky killed land large number latter Leesburg Lieutenant Manassas McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement Nashville National troops Navy night o'clock officers Ohio Orleans Pope position Potomac prisoners railway re-enforcements rear regiment Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shore shot Sigel soldiers soon steamer surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand Union vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded