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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Page 29
... fire on the Rebel masses just at hand , while , of his infantry , the 2d Missouri plunged into the Gen. Curtis , with Asboth's divi- fight . The fire on both sides was sion , reached Elkhorn at 5 P. M. He ! close and deadly . Gen ...
... fire on the Rebel masses just at hand , while , of his infantry , the 2d Missouri plunged into the Gen. Curtis , with Asboth's divi- fight . The fire on both sides was sion , reached Elkhorn at 5 P. M. He ! close and deadly . Gen ...
Page 30
... fire . Asboth's batteries fell back , being out of ammunition , and the Rebels were enabled to fire the last shot . A little after dark , both armies sank down on the battle - field , and slept amid the dead and the dying . | 13 Pollard ...
... fire . Asboth's batteries fell back , being out of ammunition , and the Rebels were enabled to fire the last shot . A little after dark , both armies sank down on the battle - field , and slept amid the dead and the dying . | 13 Pollard ...
Page 39
... fire of infan- try concentrated upon them . Thus the battle stood , still desper- ately contested , neither lost nor won , when , at 2 P. M. , Herron heard the welcome music of a battery opening at some distance on his right , and was ...
... fire of infan- try concentrated upon them . Thus the battle stood , still desper- ately contested , neither lost nor won , when , at 2 P. M. , Herron heard the welcome music of a battery opening at some distance on his right , and was ...
Page 46
... fire at short range grew hotter and hotter . Gen. McClernand , as Com . Foote had apprehended , had not yet worked over the difficult trails he was obliged to traverse in order to reach and occupy the main road from Henry to Donelson ...
... fire at short range grew hotter and hotter . Gen. McClernand , as Com . Foote had apprehended , had not yet worked over the difficult trails he was obliged to traverse in order to reach and occupy the main road from Henry to Donelson ...
Page 57
... fire , and she was burned down to the water . The crew of the Gen. Bragg and the Sumter escaped in like manner ; while the swifter Gen. Van Dorn fled down the river . The battle had lasted a little over an hour , and its result was most ...
... fire , and she was burned down to the water . The crew of the Gen. Bragg and the Sumter escaped in like manner ; while the swifter Gen. Van Dorn fled down the river . The battle had lasted a little over an hour , and its result was most ...
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