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Page 21
... ground that it was much better to consign the cities of the Confederacy to the flames than to surrender them to the enemy . A time was approaching when Yankee gunboats were to lose their prestige of terror , when cities were no longer ...
... ground that it was much better to consign the cities of the Confederacy to the flames than to surrender them to the enemy . A time was approaching when Yankee gunboats were to lose their prestige of terror , when cities were no longer ...
Page 39
... ground offered scarcely any suitable position for planting our artillery . The advantage of position belonged altogether to the enemy . The capital fault of his disposition for battle was that the battery on his extreme left was posted ...
... ground offered scarcely any suitable position for planting our artillery . The advantage of position belonged altogether to the enemy . The capital fault of his disposition for battle was that the battery on his extreme left was posted ...
Page 40
... ground and the neighboring mountain . By a slight error of direction they came out of the woods a little too soon , and found themselves almost in front of the battery , which instantly began to shower grape upon them . But , im ...
... ground and the neighboring mountain . By a slight error of direction they came out of the woods a little too soon , and found themselves almost in front of the battery , which instantly began to shower grape upon them . But , im ...
Page 57
... ground , my horse shot in three places . But still we went forward , and drove the Bucktails from the fence where they had been concealed . . " " It was as the brave Marylanders were pressing on in this charge that Ashby , who was on ...
... ground , my horse shot in three places . But still we went forward , and drove the Bucktails from the fence where they had been concealed . . " " It was as the brave Marylanders were pressing on in this charge that Ashby , who was on ...
Page 63
... ground towards the Pamunkey , marched to the left of Mechanicsville , while Gen. Hill , keeping well to the Chickahominy , approached that village and engaged the enemy there . With about fourteen thousand men ( Gen. Branch did not ...
... ground towards the Pamunkey , marched to the left of Mechanicsville , while Gen. Hill , keeping well to the Chickahominy , approached that village and engaged the enemy there . With about fourteen thousand men ( Gen. Branch did not ...
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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