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 42
... guns and burning the gun carriages , and occupied Fort Sumter , with a view of strengthening his po- sition . On the 30th of December , John B. Floyd , Secretary of War , resigned his office , because President Buchanan refused to order ...
... guns and burning the gun carriages , and occupied Fort Sumter , with a view of strengthening his po- sition . On the 30th of December , John B. Floyd , Secretary of War , resigned his office , because President Buchanan refused to order ...
Page 57
... guns at Fort Moultrie , and three 24 - pounder guns mounted en barbette on a hastily constructed and imperfect earthwork on Morris ' Island . The injured guns were replaced , and all , amounting to thirty - eight in number , of various ...
... guns at Fort Moultrie , and three 24 - pounder guns mounted en barbette on a hastily constructed and imperfect earthwork on Morris ' Island . The injured guns were replaced , and all , amounting to thirty - eight in number , of various ...
Page 58
... guns and four hundred men , prepared as convoy to the transports Atlantic , Baltic , and Illinois . On the 8th , the Atlantic sailed with Barry's battery ( four guns and ninety - one men ) , four hundred soldiers and a large store of ...
... guns and four hundred men , prepared as convoy to the transports Atlantic , Baltic , and Illinois . On the 8th , the Atlantic sailed with Barry's battery ( four guns and ninety - one men ) , four hundred soldiers and a large store of ...
Page 60
... guns . The shell batteries were served with skill and effect , shells being thrown into the fort every twenty ... gun . In the mean time , the conflagration , which had seized upon the officers ' quarters and barracks at the fort ...
... guns . The shell batteries were served with skill and effect , shells being thrown into the fort every twenty ... gun . In the mean time , the conflagration , which had seized upon the officers ' quarters and barracks at the fort ...
Page 83
... gun in our main battery aimed by himself . One of the guns of the battery being spiked by the breaking of a priming wire in the vent , the infantry supports were withdrawn , and the work was occu- pied for a moment by the enemy ...
... gun in our main battery aimed by himself . One of the guns of the battery being spiked by the breaking of a priming wire in the vent , the infantry supports were withdrawn , and the work was occu- pied for a moment by the enemy ...
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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