 A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number collected into the many roads which cross obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. " Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the Ridge, and here and there a color...  On Sherman's Track: Or, The South After the War - Page 101by John Henry Kennaway - 1867 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1865 - 278 pages
...of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the hill in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number...many roads which cross obliquely up its steep face, aud went on to the top. " Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the Ridgy, and... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Presidents - 1868 - 494 pages
...of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the hill in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces ; but the greater number...obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the ridge, and here and there a color was... | |
 | Julian K. Larke - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 538 pages
...of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the hill in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number...obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the Ridge, and here and there a color was... | |
 | Loomis T. Palmer - Generals - 1885 - 740 pages
...of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the hill in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number...obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the Ridge, and here and there a color was... | |
 | L. T. Remlap - Voyages and travels - 1885 - 374 pages
...of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the hill in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number...obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the Ridge, and here and there a color was... | |
 | L. T. Remlap - Presidents - 1885 - 800 pages
...of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the hill in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number...obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the Ridge, and here and there a color was... | |
 | Loomis T. Palmer - Generals - 1885 - 788 pages
...out of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the Mil in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number...obliquely up Its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed on and swarmed up the steep sides of the Ridge, and here and there a color was... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Brown - 1885 - 408 pages
...of the ledge line of rifle-pits and over the base of the hill in numbers which surprised us. A few turned and fired their pieces; but the greater number...obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. " Some regiments pressed on, and swarmed up the steep sides of the ridge; and here and there a color... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1890 - 878 pages
...long line of rifle-pits in numbers which surprised us, and spread over the base of the hill. A few turned and fired their pieces, but the greater number collected into the various roads which creep obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed... | |
 | United States - 1891 - 884 pages
...long line of rifle-pits in numbers which surprised us, and spread over the base of the hill. A few turned and fired their pieces, but the greater number collected into the various roads which creep obliquely up its steep face, and went on to the top. Some regiments pressed... | |
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