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... 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 Yankees . - Its Advantages . - The affair of the ...
... 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 Yankees . - Its Advantages . - The affair of the ...
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... field was not sufficient to resist the prospects , cherished for months amid the sufferings and monotony of the camps , of returning to their homes . The exigency was critical , and even vital . In a period of thirty days the terms of ...
... field was not sufficient to resist the prospects , cherished for months amid the sufferings and monotony of the camps , of returning to their homes . The exigency was critical , and even vital . In a period of thirty days the terms of ...
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... field , where gunboats being out of the question , the position of our troops would be the same as if at Yorktown they had had a force of gunboats exactly equal to that of the enemy , thus neutralizing his ad- vantage in respect of ...
... field , where gunboats being out of the question , the position of our troops would be the same as if at Yorktown they had had a force of gunboats exactly equal to that of the enemy , thus neutralizing his ad- vantage in respect of ...
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... field , in killed and wounded , at least three thousand of the enemy . During the night our army resumed its movement towards Richmond , and half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our ...
... field , in killed and wounded , at least three thousand of the enemy . During the night our army resumed its movement towards Richmond , and half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our ...
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... fields . Ewell's command was handled with remarkable skill , while Fremont's generalship was indifferent . Ewell's ... field , and pass them over North river by the bridge at Port Republic , with a view to attack Shields the next ...
... fields . Ewell's command was handled with remarkable skill , while Fremont's generalship was indifferent . Ewell's ... field , and pass them over North river by the bridge at Port Republic , with a view to attack Shields the next ...
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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