The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 2O. D. Case, 1867 - Slavery |
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... attempt to iso- late , overwhelm , and crush Sigel was baffled by the coolness and skill of 10 March 3 , 1862 . Gen. Curtis , knowing himself largely outnumbered by the motley host collected to overwhelm him , had chosen a very strong ...
... attempt to iso- late , overwhelm , and crush Sigel was baffled by the coolness and skill of 10 March 3 , 1862 . Gen. Curtis , knowing himself largely outnumbered by the motley host collected to overwhelm him , had chosen a very strong ...
Page 31
... attempt was made by the enemy to follow the retreating column . It was effectually checked , however ; and , about 2 P.M. , the Con- federates encamped about six miles from the field of battle , all the artillery and baggage joining the ...
... attempt was made by the enemy to follow the retreating column . It was effectually checked , however ; and , about 2 P.M. , the Con- federates encamped about six miles from the field of battle , all the artillery and baggage joining the ...
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... attempt to capture Rabb's and Hopkins's batteries , which were supported by the 11th Kansas , Lt. Col. Moonlight , was defeated with fearful slaughter . 42 Gen. Blunt , in his official report , says : " The enemy's loss in killed and ...
... attempt to capture Rabb's and Hopkins's batteries , which were supported by the 11th Kansas , Lt. Col. Moonlight , was defeated with fearful slaughter . 42 Gen. Blunt , in his official report , says : " The enemy's loss in killed and ...
Page 48
... attempt to silence and carry the water batteries . He did so at 3 P. M. next day , steadily ad- vancing with his iron - clads to within 400 yards of the Rebels ' great guns ; when , by an hour's desperate fight- ing , he had driven most ...
... attempt to silence and carry the water batteries . He did so at 3 P. M. next day , steadily ad- vancing with his iron - clads to within 400 yards of the Rebels ' great guns ; when , by an hour's desperate fight- ing , he had driven most ...
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... attempt to pass , a council of war was held at 8 P. M. , and every preparation made for a stealthy and desperate assault at daybreak ; while the soldiers , forbid- den to make fires , sank on the cold , damp ground , under the open sky ...
... attempt to pass , a council of war was held at 8 P. M. , and every preparation made for a stealthy and desperate assault at daybreak ; while the soldiers , forbid- den to make fires , sank on the cold , damp ground , under the open sky ...
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