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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... engaged in fortifying , when surprised , at 103 A. M. , by an order to evacuate that night . The commissary was ordered to roll out the whisky , from which the men were allowed to fill their canteens , and drink at discretion . No water ...
... engaged in fortifying , when surprised , at 103 A. M. , by an order to evacuate that night . The commissary was ordered to roll out the whisky , from which the men were allowed to fill their canteens , and drink at discretion . No water ...
Page 40
... engaged with Blunt's division . Its three batteries , firing shell and case - shot at short range , soon proved an overmatch for the two Rebel batteries opposed to them , driving them and their supports back into the woods ; where they ...
... engaged with Blunt's division . Its three batteries , firing shell and case - shot at short range , soon proved an overmatch for the two Rebel batteries opposed to them , driving them and their supports back into the woods ; where they ...
Page 43
... engaged ; but the 12th Kentucky , and two or three Tennessee regiments , reached the field just as the day was won by a charge of the 9th Ohio on our left flank with fixed bayonets , supported by a galling fire from the 2d Minnesota in ...
... engaged ; but the 12th Kentucky , and two or three Tennessee regiments , reached the field just as the day was won by a charge of the 9th Ohio on our left flank with fixed bayonets , supported by a galling fire from the 2d Minnesota in ...
Page 55
... engaged in cutting a canal , 12 miles long , across the Missouri peninsula , opposite No. 10 , through which steamboats and barges were safely transferred to the river below the Rebel stronghold ; while two of our heavier gunboats ...
... engaged in cutting a canal , 12 miles long , across the Missouri peninsula , opposite No. 10 , through which steamboats and barges were safely transferred to the river below the Rebel stronghold ; while two of our heavier gunboats ...
Page 59
... engaged in the Rebel service . He had braved unpopularity and re- proach from the herd of chimney- corner critics who supposed it the duty of a General to run his head . against every stone - wall within reach , by refusing to fight ...
... engaged in the Rebel service . He had braved unpopularity and re- proach from the herd of chimney- corner critics who supposed it the duty of a General to run his head . against every stone - wall within reach , by refusing to fight ...
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A. P. Hill abatis advance April arms artillery assailed assault attack Banks battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade Burnside Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed D. H. Hill defenses dispatched division enemy enemy's fell fight fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg front Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy held Hill Hooker horses infantry intrenchments Jackson Lee's loss Maj.-Gen mand March McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly negroes night officers Ohio Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel batteries Rebel force Rebellion rëenforced regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans routed says sent Sept shell Sherman shot side sion skirmishers Slavery slaves Smith soldiers soon South Carolina strong surrender Tennessee thence tion troops Union vance Vicksburg Virginia woods