The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65 ; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results ; Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 2O.D. Case and Company, 1866 - Slavery |
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... attempt to iso- late , overwhelm , and crush Sigel was baffled by the coolness and skill of March 3 , 1862 . Gen. Curtis , knowing himself largely outnumbered by the motley host collected to overwhelm him , had chosen a very strong ...
... attempt to iso- late , overwhelm , and crush Sigel was baffled by the coolness and skill of March 3 , 1862 . Gen. Curtis , knowing himself largely outnumbered by the motley host collected to overwhelm him , had chosen a very strong ...
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... attempt to capture Rabb's and Hopkins's batteries , which were supported by the 11th Kansas , Lt.- Col. Moonlight , was defeated with fearful slaughter . 42 Gen. Blunt , in his official report , says : " The enemy's loss in killed and ...
... attempt to capture Rabb's and Hopkins's batteries , which were supported by the 11th Kansas , Lt.- Col. Moonlight , was defeated with fearful slaughter . 42 Gen. Blunt , in his official report , says : " The enemy's loss in killed and ...
Page 68
... attempted to turn the enemy's left , which was thereupon heavily rëenforced , being effectively cannonaded by the bat- teries of Thompson and Thurber . An attempt was made to capture Thurber's battery by a dash of cav- alry , which was ...
... attempted to turn the enemy's left , which was thereupon heavily rëenforced , being effectively cannonaded by the bat- teries of Thompson and Thurber . An attempt was made to capture Thurber's battery by a dash of cav- alry , which was ...
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... attempt was made against the Rebel army at Corinth ; and , though Gen. Pope arrived from Missouri on the 22d , with a rëenforcement of 25,000 men , even Monterey was not occupied by us till the 1st of May , when Gen. Halleck's army had ...
... attempt was made against the Rebel army at Corinth ; and , though Gen. Pope arrived from Missouri on the 22d , with a rëenforcement of 25,000 men , even Monterey was not occupied by us till the 1st of May , when Gen. Halleck's army had ...
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... attempt with is steamers to run by the forts . If he succeeded in this , he would try to clear the river of the enemy's fleet , isolate the forts , and push on so far as circumstances should dictate . Gen. Butler , so soon as Capt ...
... attempt with is steamers to run by the forts . If he succeeded in this , he would try to clear the river of the enemy's fleet , isolate the forts , and push on so far as circumstances should dictate . Gen. Butler , so soon as Capt ...
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