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 34
... gun- boats with supplies from below . He found the river , however , at an un- usually low stage for the season - Rust , who held him in check for an barely four feet ; while the gunboats required six or seven ; beside which , the Mound ...
... gun- boats with supplies from below . He found the river , however , at an un- usually low stage for the season - Rust , who held him in check for an barely four feet ; while the gunboats required six or seven ; beside which , the Mound ...
Page 35
... gunboats and transports , had gone down the river barely 24 hours previous . Being short of provisions , in a thoroughly inhospitable country , he had no choice but to make his way to the most ac- cessible point on the Mississippi ...
... gunboats and transports , had gone down the river barely 24 hours previous . Being short of provisions , in a thoroughly inhospitable country , he had no choice but to make his way to the most ac- cessible point on the Mississippi ...
Page 45
... gunboats , proceeded cau- tiously up the river , shelling the structed - mainly by slave labor- at a point some 80 or 90 miles up the Tennessee and Cumberland , woods on either side to discover any where those rivers first approach ...
... gunboats , proceeded cau- tiously up the river , shelling the structed - mainly by slave labor- at a point some 80 or 90 miles up the Tennessee and Cumberland , woods on either side to discover any where those rivers first approach ...
Page 52
... gunboats , being built at the river - side , were prepared for instant conflagration ; and the magnificent and costly railroad and wire suspen- sion - bridges over the Cumberland were likewise made ready for speedy destruction - a fate ...
... gunboats , being built at the river - side , were prepared for instant conflagration ; and the magnificent and costly railroad and wire suspen- sion - bridges over the Cumberland were likewise made ready for speedy destruction - a fate ...
Page 53
... gunboats Conestoga , Tyler , the 24th , but found no enemy pre- and Lexington , steamed up the Ten - pared to resist them . In fact , the nessee to Florence , Ala . , at the foot city had virtually surrendered al- of the Muscle Shoals ...
... gunboats Conestoga , Tyler , the 24th , but found no enemy pre- and Lexington , steamed up the Ten - pared to resist them . In fact , the nessee to Florence , Ala . , at the foot city had virtually surrendered al- of the Muscle Shoals ...
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