A complete history of the great rebellion; or, The civil war in the United States 1861-1865 |
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... retiring to a wheat field , again advanced . Lyon , whose troops numbered two thousand , was unable to bring more than five hundred into action , on account of the inequality of the ground . Putting himself at the head of these , he led ...
... retiring to a wheat field , again advanced . Lyon , whose troops numbered two thousand , was unable to bring more than five hundred into action , on account of the inequality of the ground . Putting himself at the head of these , he led ...
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... retired from them , and fell back , with a loss of twenty - one in killed , wounded , and missing . This was a curious method of advancing on an enemy without the slightest reconnoissance . June was closing , and the schooner Savannah ...
... retired from them , and fell back , with a loss of twenty - one in killed , wounded , and missing . This was a curious method of advancing on an enemy without the slightest reconnoissance . June was closing , and the schooner Savannah ...
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... retiring enemy before them . Amid the deafening roar of cannon , the curling smoke of battle , and the dread confusion of conflicting hosts , the work of death went on in the fierce struggle for the victory . The sound of artillery was ...
... retiring enemy before them . Amid the deafening roar of cannon , the curling smoke of battle , and the dread confusion of conflicting hosts , the work of death went on in the fierce struggle for the victory . The sound of artillery was ...
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... retired , after sustaining a severe charge of a body of cavalry . The men were suffering from heat and thirst , but after marching beyond Springfield , provisions being scarce , and the troops worn out with fatigue , Lyon determined to ...
... retired , after sustaining a severe charge of a body of cavalry . The men were suffering from heat and thirst , but after marching beyond Springfield , provisions being scarce , and the troops worn out with fatigue , Lyon determined to ...
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... retiring , drew the Federals into an ambuscade , and three thousand rebels , rushing to the encounter , forced them to retire . On the other end of the line , the Federal troops , consisting of the First Missouri , the battalion of ...
... retiring , drew the Federals into an ambuscade , and three thousand rebels , rushing to the encounter , forced them to retire . On the other end of the line , the Federal troops , consisting of the First Missouri , the battalion of ...
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Page 292 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 446 - I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 292 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 418 - We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Page 369 - ... general officers ; at least ten thousand killed and wounded, and among the killed, Generals Tracy, Tilghman, and Green ; and hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of stragglers, who can never be collected and reorganized. Arms and munitions of war for an army of sixty thousand men have fallen into our hands, besides a large amount of other public property, consisting of railroads, locomotives, cars, steamboats, cotton, &c., and much was destroyed to prevent our capturing it.
Page 460 - In this reconnoissance we captured and held the enemy's works near Poplar Spring Church. In the afternoon, troops moving to get to the left of the point gained were attacked by the enemy in heavy force, and compelled to fall back until supported by the forces holding the captured works. Our cavalry under Gregg was also attacked, but repulsed the enemy with great loss.
Page 497 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 191 - I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies.
Page 465 - On the 13th a reconnoissance was sent out by General Butler, with a view to drive the enemy from some new works he was constructing, which resulted in very heavy loss to us. On the 27th the Army of the Potomac, leaving only sufficient men to hold its fortified line, moved by the enemy's right flank. The...
Page 494 - Burkesville, and destroy it to some extent. I would not advise much detention, however, until you reach the Danville Road, which I would like you to strike as near to the Appomattox as possible. Make your destruction on that road as complete as possible. You can then pass on to the South Side Road, west of Burkesville, and destroy that in like manner.