Southern History of the War, Volume 1This work presents the history of the Civil War from a pro-Southern perspective. |
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Page 69
... column . Stones were thrown by a portion of the crowd , when the troops presented arms and fired . The crowd was converted into an infuriated mob ; the fire was re- turned from a number of revolvers ; the soldiers were attacked with ...
... column . Stones were thrown by a portion of the crowd , when the troops presented arms and fired . The crowd was converted into an infuriated mob ; the fire was re- turned from a number of revolvers ; the soldiers were attacked with ...
Page 76
... a revolution . A strong active ' pull together ' will do our work effectually in thirty days . We have only to send a column of 25,000 men across the Potomac to Richmond , and burn out the rats 76 SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR .
... a revolution . A strong active ' pull together ' will do our work effectually in thirty days . We have only to send a column of 25,000 men across the Potomac to Richmond , and burn out the rats 76 SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR .
Page 77
... column of 25,000 to Cairo , seizing the cotton ports of the Mis sissippi ; and retaining the remaining 25,000 , included ir . Mr Lincoln's call for 75,000 men , at Washington , not because there is need for them there , but because we ...
... column of 25,000 to Cairo , seizing the cotton ports of the Mis sissippi ; and retaining the remaining 25,000 , included ir . Mr Lincoln's call for 75,000 men , at Washington , not because there is need for them there , but because we ...
Page 84
... column of attack , and their fire was directed by the bayonets of the en- emy . The position of the enemy was obscured by the shade of the woods on their right and two small houses on their left . The fire of the Confederates was ...
... column of attack , and their fire was directed by the bayonets of the en- emy . The position of the enemy was obscured by the shade of the woods on their right and two small houses on their left . The fire of the Confederates was ...
Page 89
... strategic movements and the overwhelming numbers of the North . The first of the series of these characteristic disasters was now to befall the South , THE BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN . The main column of THE FIRST YEAR . 89.
... strategic movements and the overwhelming numbers of the North . The first of the series of these characteristic disasters was now to befall the South , THE BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN . The main column of THE FIRST YEAR . 89.
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War (Classic Reprint) Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2017 |
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack bank batteries Beauregard Bragg bridge brigade camp campaign captured Carolina cavalry Charleston Chattanooga Colonel column command commenced Confederacy Confederate Congress corps crossed declared defence division enemy enemy's engaged evacuation expedition fall back federacy Federal fell field fight fire flag flank force Fort Sumter Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Harper's Ferry Hill hundred infantry Island Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed and wounded Lincoln Longstreet loss Manassas McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning Morris Island Mountain moved movement negro night North North Carolina Northern o'clock occupied officers opened ordered party pieces of artillery portion position Potomac President prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road Roanoke Island shot side slavery soldiers South Southern spirit surrender Tennessee thousand tion troops Turner Ashby Union Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington West whole Yankee