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 12
... flank by Drumgould's Bluff - Is baffled - Superseded by Gen. McClernand -Who invests and captures the Post of ... flanks Hooker's right , and moves northward - Cavalry Fight near Fairfax - Milroy , at Winchester , surprised and driven ...
... flank by Drumgould's Bluff - Is baffled - Superseded by Gen. McClernand -Who invests and captures the Post of ... flanks Hooker's right , and moves northward - Cavalry Fight near Fairfax - Milroy , at Winchester , surprised and driven ...
Page 14
... flank - Combined Attack completely successful- Pickett routed and driven westward - Warren superseded by Sheridan - Our guns reopen on Petersburg- General assault along our front - Forts Gregg and Alexander carried Miles dislodges the ...
... flank - Combined Attack completely successful- Pickett routed and driven westward - Warren superseded by Sheridan - Our guns reopen on Petersburg- General assault along our front - Forts Gregg and Alexander carried Miles dislodges the ...
Page 71
... flank these for- midable defenses , but to overcome them by regular and necessarily slow approaches , involving constant and mutual artillery practice and picket fighting , with very little loss ; three weeks of which brought our near ...
... flank these for- midable defenses , but to overcome them by regular and necessarily slow approaches , involving constant and mutual artillery practice and picket fighting , with very little loss ; three weeks of which brought our near ...
Page 74
... flanks of the transports , formed in three columns , each headed by its flag- ship , every large steamer having one or two schooners in tow , with the spaces between the ... flank the enemy on either side of 74 THE AMERICAN CONFLICT .
... flanks of the transports , formed in three columns , each headed by its flag- ship , every large steamer having one or two schooners in tow , with the spaces between the ... flank the enemy on either side of 74 THE AMERICAN CONFLICT .
Page 103
... flank our left and estab- lish himself in its rear . Gen. Wil- liams , anticipating this movement , had placed a battery , supported by two regiments , to resist it ; and the Rebels were repulsed with considera- ble loss . Meanwhile ...
... flank our left and estab- lish himself in its rear . Gen. Wil- liams , anticipating this movement , had placed a battery , supported by two regiments , to resist it ; and the Rebels were repulsed with considera- ble loss . Meanwhile ...
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A. P. Hill abatis advance April arms artillery assailed assault attack Banks battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade burned Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed defenses dispatched division enemy enemy's fell fight fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg front Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy Heintzelman held Hill Hooker horses infantry intrenchments Jackson Lee's loss Maj.-Gen mand March McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement nearly negroes night officers Ohio passed Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel batteries Rebel force Rebellion rëenforced regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans routed says sent Sept shell Sherman shot side sion skirmishers Slavery slaves Smith soldiers soon South Carolina strong surrender Tennessee thence tion troops Union vance Vicksburg Virginia woods