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... fall back to Tullahoma . - Review of the Battle - field of Murfreesboro ' .- Repulse of the Enemy at Vicksburg . - THE RECAP- TURE OF GALVESTON . - The Midnight March . - Capture of the " Harriet Lane . " - Arkansas Post taken by the ...
... fall back to Tullahoma . - Review of the Battle - field of Murfreesboro ' .- Repulse of the Enemy at Vicksburg . - THE RECAP- TURE OF GALVESTON . - The Midnight March . - Capture of the " Harriet Lane . " - Arkansas Post taken by the ...
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... fall of New Orleans was one of the most extraordinary triumphs which the enemy had obtained . It was the crown- ing stroke of that extraordinary campaign of the winter and spring of the year 1862 , in which , by the improvidence of the ...
... fall of New Orleans was one of the most extraordinary triumphs which the enemy had obtained . It was the crown- ing stroke of that extraordinary campaign of the winter and spring of the year 1862 , in which , by the improvidence of the ...
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... fall back in the direction of Richmond . It was easily seen by General Johnston that at Yorktown there was no prospect of a general action , as the attack on either side would have to be made under disadvan- tages which neither army was ...
... fall back in the direction of Richmond . It was easily seen by General Johnston that at Yorktown there was no prospect of a general action , as the attack on either side would have to be made under disadvan- tages which neither army was ...
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... falling back so as to invest the line of the Chickahominy , General Johnston expected to force the enemy to more equal terms . The difficulty was to match the strength of the enemy on the water ; and the best practical equivalent for ...
... falling back so as to invest the line of the Chickahominy , General Johnston expected to force the enemy to more equal terms . The difficulty was to match the strength of the enemy on the water ; and the best practical equivalent for ...
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... fall to work in ridiculous haste , and with the blindness of alarm . The appearance of the Yankee gunboats in James river was the signal for Mr. Secretary Mallory to show his alacrity in meeting the enemy by an advertisement for ...
... fall to work in ridiculous haste , and with the blindness of alarm . The appearance of the Yankee gunboats in James river was the signal for Mr. Secretary Mallory to show his alacrity in meeting the enemy by an advertisement for ...
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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