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 85
... field , without the sensational circumstances of a private brawl or a bully's adventure , was soon forgotten in the North . During the fight at the angle of our works , a small wooden house in front was thought to give protection to the ...
... field , without the sensational circumstances of a private brawl or a bully's adventure , was soon forgotten in the North . During the fight at the angle of our works , a small wooden house in front was thought to give protection to the ...
Page 105
... field immediately contested and near Blackburn's Ford , some sixty - four corpses were found and buried , and at least twenty prisoners were also picked up , besides one hundred and seventy - five stands of arms and a large quantity of ...
... field immediately contested and near Blackburn's Ford , some sixty - four corpses were found and buried , and at least twenty prisoners were also picked up , besides one hundred and seventy - five stands of arms and a large quantity of ...
Page 112
... field ; the news of a victory was carried to the rear , and , in less than an hour thereafter , the telegraph had flashed the intelligence through all the cities in the North , that the Federal troops were completing their victory , and ...
... field ; the news of a victory was carried to the rear , and , in less than an hour thereafter , the telegraph had flashed the intelligence through all the cities in the North , that the Federal troops were completing their victory , and ...
Page 113
... field upon which he had chosen to give us battle . It was plain that nothing but the most rapid combinations and the most heroic and devoted courage on the part of our troops could retrieve the field , which , according to all military ...
... field upon which he had chosen to give us battle . It was plain that nothing but the most rapid combinations and the most heroic and devoted courage on the part of our troops could retrieve the field , which , according to all military ...
Page 114
... field of action not a moment too soon . They were instantly occupied with the reorganization of the heroic troops , whose previous stand in stubborn and patriotic valor has nothing to exceed it in the records of his- tory . It was now ...
... field of action not a moment too soon . They were instantly occupied with the reorganization of the heroic troops , whose previous stand in stubborn and patriotic valor has nothing to exceed it in the records of his- tory . It was now ...
Other editions - View all
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