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... Bridge of Antietam . - A Drawn Battle . - Spectacles of Carnage.- The Unburied Dead.- Gen. Lee retires into Virginia . - McClellan's Pretence of Victory . The Affair of Shepherdstown . - Charges against McClellan . - His Disgrace ...
... Bridge of Antietam . - A Drawn Battle . - Spectacles of Carnage.- The Unburied Dead.- Gen. Lee retires into Virginia . - McClellan's Pretence of Victory . The Affair of Shepherdstown . - Charges against McClellan . - His Disgrace ...
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... bridges , driven the Federal troops towards Strasburg with great loss , captured a section of artillery , and taken about fourteen hundred prisoners . It was now Banks's turn to betake himself to flight , or , in the official ...
... bridges , driven the Federal troops towards Strasburg with great loss , captured a section of artillery , and taken about fourteen hundred prisoners . It was now Banks's turn to betake himself to flight , or , in the official ...
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... bridge over it except at Port Republic . The two rivers uniting at that village form the Shenandoah , which flows north , and which could not then be crossed by an army . On the east side of that stream was the army of Shields , and on ...
... bridge over it except at Port Republic . The two rivers uniting at that village form the Shenandoah , which flows north , and which could not then be crossed by an army . On the east side of that stream was the army of Shields , and on ...
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... bridge behind him , and thus to prevent Fremont from rendering any aid to Shields . All this was ac- complished . On Monday morning , Jackson passed the greater part of his army across the South river ( the smallest of the streams ) by ...
... bridge behind him , and thus to prevent Fremont from rendering any aid to Shields . All this was ac- complished . On Monday morning , Jackson passed the greater part of his army across the South river ( the smallest of the streams ) by ...
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... bridge at Port Republic and burnt it . Fremont , cautiously following , appeared some time afterwards , and drew up his army in line of battle on the heights along the west bank of the Shenandoah , from which he overlooked the field of ...
... bridge at Port Republic and burnt it . Fremont , cautiously following , appeared some time afterwards , and drew up his army in line of battle on the heights along the west bank of the Shenandoah , from which he overlooked the field of ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery Ashby attack bank batteries Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg charge Chickahominy command commenced Confederacy Confederate corps D. H. Hill defeated defences division driven enemy enemy's engaged evacuated Ewell Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank forces Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hill's Hooker horse hour hundred infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded line of battle Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning movement night North Northern numbers o'clock occupied officers opened passed pieces of artillery Pope Port Hudson portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern surrender Tennessee thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia wagons Washington whole woods Yankee