Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2D. McKay, 1866 - United States |
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Page 49
... opened with such destructive effect , that the Confederates broke , and were driven by Lyon's infantry to the hills overlooking their camp . To seize and occupy the crest of the hills from which the Confederates 1 Report of General ...
... opened with such destructive effect , that the Confederates broke , and were driven by Lyon's infantry to the hills overlooking their camp . To seize and occupy the crest of the hills from which the Confederates 1 Report of General ...
Page 50
... opened fire . With his twelve hundred men , and battery of six cannon , he had reached a position within a mile of their camp at dawn . He had moved with great skill and caution , and his alert little force had cut off several squads of ...
... opened fire . With his twelve hundred men , and battery of six cannon , he had reached a position within a mile of their camp at dawn . He had moved with great skill and caution , and his alert little force had cut off several squads of ...
Page 52
... opened such a deadly fire that they and their beasts fell in heaps . The effect was marvelous . Those mounted men , who had just been prouldy scorning all opposition , and feeling sure of turning the tide of victory in favor of the ...
... opened such a deadly fire that they and their beasts fell in heaps . The effect was marvelous . Those mounted men , who had just been prouldy scorning all opposition , and feeling sure of turning the tide of victory in favor of the ...
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... opened a heavy fire upon the Nationals , and the approaching troops displayed the Confederate flag . For the third time during the battle the Union soldiers had been deceived by this stratagem . In this case the Confederates came ...
... opened a heavy fire upon the Nationals , and the approaching troops displayed the Confederate flag . For the third time during the battle the Union soldiers had been deceived by this stratagem . In this case the Confederates came ...
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... opened a cannonade , with the batteries of Bled- soe and Parsons , upon Mulligan's intrenched camp from four different points . Their fire was at first concentrated upon the stronger works at the col- OM MISSO UNION .. R BOTTOM LAND ...
... opened a cannonade , with the batteries of Bled- soe and Parsons , upon Mulligan's intrenched camp from four different points . Their fire was at first concentrated upon the stronger works at the col- OM MISSO UNION .. R BOTTOM LAND ...
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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