Southern History of the War: The Second Year of the War |
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... commenced . The first act of conscription was passed on the 16th of April , 1862. It was afterwards enlarged by another act ( 27th September ) , giving the Executive the power to call into ser- vice persons between the ages of thirty ...
... commenced . The first act of conscription was passed on the 16th of April , 1862. It was afterwards enlarged by another act ( 27th September ) , giving the Executive the power to call into ser- vice persons between the ages of thirty ...
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... commencement of the war . The Virginia was destroyed at 5 A. M. of the 11th of May . During the morning of the same day a prominent politician in the streets of Richmond was observed to be very much de- jected ; he remarked that it was ...
... commencement of the war . The Virginia was destroyed at 5 A. M. of the 11th of May . During the morning of the same day a prominent politician in the streets of Richmond was observed to be very much de- jected ; he remarked that it was ...
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... commence the battle , and they were led to the field between one and two miles distant , on the east bank of the Shenandoah . The enemy's force was found drawn up await- ing the attack . The enemy's line extended from the river about ...
... commence the battle , and they were led to the field between one and two miles distant , on the east bank of the Shenandoah . The enemy's force was found drawn up await- ing the attack . The enemy's line extended from the river about ...
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... commenced , the last of our troops crossed over the 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 ...
... commenced , the last of our troops crossed over the 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 ...
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... commenced by the Cot- ton States of the South , attained its growth , developed its purpose , and became instantly and thoroughly in earnest at the period when the second secessionary movement , inaugurated by Virginia , confronted the ...
... commenced by the Cot- ton States of the South , attained its growth , developed its purpose , and became instantly and thoroughly in earnest at the period when the second secessionary movement , inaugurated by Virginia , confronted the ...
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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