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 51
... railroad dépôt on fire , with including , besides three Free States , 7 locomotives , and a large amount of Tennessee , and all of Kentucky east corn and other provisions , with the of the Cumberland , with his head- bridges of course ...
... railroad dépôt on fire , with including , besides three Free States , 7 locomotives , and a large amount of Tennessee , and all of Kentucky east corn and other provisions , with the of the Cumberland , with his head- bridges of course ...
Page 53
... railroad bridge near Benton on the way . The wholly un- expected appearance of the National flag in North Alabama , where slaves were comparatively few , and at least three - fourths of the people had stub- bornly opposed Secession ...
... railroad bridge near Benton on the way . The wholly un- expected appearance of the National flag in North Alabama , where slaves were comparatively few , and at least three - fourths of the people had stub- bornly opposed Secession ...
Page 58
... railroad from Memphis to Clarkesville and Louis- ville crosses the river . The gunboats Tyler and Lexington had already made a reconnoissance up the Ten- nessee , meeting their first resistance at PITTSBURG LANDING , an insignifi- cant ...
... railroad from Memphis to Clarkesville and Louis- ville crosses the river . The gunboats Tyler and Lexington had already made a reconnoissance up the Ten- nessee , meeting their first resistance at PITTSBURG LANDING , an insignifi- cant ...
Page 71
... Railroad at ' Glendale , three miles farther , and partially destroying it ; while the Ohio road was in like manner broken at Purdy . He Col. Elliott , with two regiments of cavalry , was dispatched on the night of the 27th to flank ...
... Railroad at ' Glendale , three miles farther , and partially destroying it ; while the Ohio road was in like manner broken at Purdy . He Col. Elliott , with two regiments of cavalry , was dispatched on the night of the 27th to flank ...
Page 72
... Railroad ; which , by the falling of the Tennessee to a Summer stage , had become its line of supply . hours before . Thus provided , he had uncontested possession of 100 miles of the Memphis and Charleston road before night , or from ...
... Railroad ; which , by the falling of the Tennessee to a Summer stage , had become its line of supply . hours before . Thus provided , he had uncontested possession of 100 miles of the Memphis and Charleston road before night , or from ...
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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