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 60
... fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at Cumming's Point did the most- effective service , perceptibly injuring the walls of the ...
... fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at Cumming's Point did the most- effective service , perceptibly injuring the walls of the ...
Page 69
... fire was re- turned from a number of revolvers ; the soldiers were attacked with sticks , stones , and every conceivable weapon , and in more than one instance their muskets were actually wrung from their hands by desperate and unarmed ...
... fire was re- turned from a number of revolvers ; the soldiers were attacked with sticks , stones , and every conceivable weapon , and in more than one instance their muskets were actually wrung from their hands by desperate and unarmed ...
Page 72
... fire . A sickly blaze , that seemed neither to diminish nor increase , continued f several hours . Men were kept busy all night transferring every thing of value from the Pennsylvania and Navy Yard to the Pawnee and Cumberland , and ...
... fire . A sickly blaze , that seemed neither to diminish nor increase , continued f several hours . Men were kept busy all night transferring every thing of value from the Pennsylvania and Navy Yard to the Pawnee and Cumberland , and ...
Page 84
... fire briskly , but wildly , with his ar tillery . At no time , during the artillery engagement , could the Confederates see the bodies of the men in the column of attack , and their fire was directed by the bayonets of the en- emy . The ...
... fire briskly , but wildly , with his ar tillery . At no time , during the artillery engagement , could the Confederates see the bodies of the men in the column of attack , and their fire was directed by the bayonets of the en- emy . The ...
Page 91
... fire , which was aimed too high ; the crash of the falling timber mingled with the roar of the cannon , and as our artillery again and again belched forth its missives of destruction , it seemed as if the forest was riven by living ...
... fire , which was aimed too high ; the crash of the falling timber mingled with the roar of the cannon , and as our artillery again and again belched forth its missives of destruction , it seemed as if the forest was riven by living ...
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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