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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Page 17
... effective force of plies , to three persons acting as our little army . " Commissioners on behalf of the Committee of Public Safety , " se- cretly appointed ' by the Convention which had just before assumed to take Texas out of the ...
... effective force of plies , to three persons acting as our little army . " Commissioners on behalf of the Committee of Public Safety , " se- cretly appointed ' by the Convention which had just before assumed to take Texas out of the ...
Page 53
... effective system . Blacks and Whites had to be chased and cap- tured and forced to help the movement of Gov- ernment stores . One man , who , after a long chase , was captured , offered fight , and was in consequence shot and badly ...
... effective system . Blacks and Whites had to be chased and cap- tured and forced to help the movement of Gov- ernment stores . One man , who , after a long chase , was captured , offered fight , and was in consequence shot and badly ...
Page 60
... effective total , before battle , 40,355 men , of whom 4,382 were cavalry , ' which he says was useless and could not oper- ate at all , the battle - field being so thickly wood- ed . masked by cavalry , he confidently expected to ...
... effective total , before battle , 40,355 men , of whom 4,382 were cavalry , ' which he says was useless and could not oper- ate at all , the battle - field being so thickly wood- ed . masked by cavalry , he confidently expected to ...
Page 63
... effective force of his batteries , Mc- Clernand , by 11 A. M. , found himself pushed back , with Hurlbut's fresh division on his left , and the débris of Sherman's on his right . Meantime , a brigade of Sherman's division , under Col ...
... effective force of his batteries , Mc- Clernand , by 11 A. M. , found himself pushed back , with Hurlbut's fresh division on his left , and the débris of Sherman's on his right . Meantime , a brigade of Sherman's division , under Col ...
Page 68
... effectively cannonaded by the bat teries of Thompson and Thurber . An attempt was made to capture Thurber's battery by a dash of cav- alry , which was easily defeated by the skirmishers of the 8th Missouri ; 24 miles from Corinth , in ...
... effectively cannonaded by the bat teries of Thompson and Thurber . An attempt was made to capture Thurber's battery by a dash of cav- alry , which was easily defeated by the skirmishers of the 8th Missouri ; 24 miles from Corinth , in ...
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