Life and Military Career of Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman |
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... gunboats after the sur- render of Fort Donelson down the Cumberland and up the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing , making Sa- vannah , ten miles distant , his own headquarters . General Buell , with the Army of the Ohio , was march ...
... gunboats after the sur- render of Fort Donelson down the Cumberland and up the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing , making Sa- vannah , ten miles distant , his own headquarters . General Buell , with the Army of the Ohio , was march ...
Page 90
... gunboats . About the " middle of March , 1862 , he told General Grant that he was quite sure he could get through by Steele's Bayou , Black Bayou , to Duck Creek , thence to Deer Creek , into Roll- ing Fork , and down Sunflower River ...
... gunboats . About the " middle of March , 1862 , he told General Grant that he was quite sure he could get through by Steele's Bayou , Black Bayou , to Duck Creek , thence to Deer Creek , into Roll- ing Fork , and down Sunflower River ...
Page 91
... gunboats before night of the 22d , a distance of twenty - one miles , over a terrible road . But the brave fellows had learned that General Sherman always had a reason for his movements , and cheerfully advanced to the rescue through ...
... gunboats before night of the 22d , a distance of twenty - one miles , over a terrible road . But the brave fellows had learned that General Sherman always had a reason for his movements , and cheerfully advanced to the rescue through ...
Page 92
... gun- boats had their ports all closed , and preparations made to resist boarders . The mortar boats were all ready for fire and explosion . The army lines were so close to each other ... gunboats was heard by 92 LIFE OF GENERAL SHERMAN .
... gun- boats had their ports all closed , and preparations made to resist boarders . The mortar boats were all ready for fire and explosion . The army lines were so close to each other ... gunboats was heard by 92 LIFE OF GENERAL SHERMAN .
Page 93
... gunboats for that day . During the afternoon the troops and gunboats all arrived at Hill's plantation . " There were destroyed by our troops and by the rebels at least two thousand bales of cotton , fifty thousand bushels of corn , and ...
... gunboats for that day . During the afternoon the troops and gunboats all arrived at Hill's plantation . " There were destroyed by our troops and by the rebels at least two thousand bales of cotton , fifty thousand bushels of corn , and ...
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