Southern History of the War: The Second Year of the War |
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Page 29
... half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our killed and wounded in the hands of the enemy . The following day , the insolence of the enemy was again checked on the route of our retreat . On ...
... half an hour after sunrise it had evacuated the town , under the necessity of leaving our killed and wounded in the hands of the enemy . The following day , the insolence of the enemy was again checked on the route of our retreat . On ...
Page 30
... half - finished fort at Drewry's Bluff , which mounted four guns . Some of the Con- federate officers had taken a " gunboat panic , " for the line of stone obstructions in the river was not yet complete . They seized upon schooners at ...
... half - finished fort at Drewry's Bluff , which mounted four guns . Some of the Con- federate officers had taken a " gunboat panic , " for the line of stone obstructions in the river was not yet complete . They seized upon schooners at ...
Page 34
... half , given a decisive repulse to the gunboats , with the inconsiderable loss of five killed and seven wounded . The accuracy of our fire had astonished the enemy , and carried dismay through his fleet . Eighteen shots went through the ...
... half , given a decisive repulse to the gunboats , with the inconsiderable loss of five killed and seven wounded . The accuracy of our fire had astonished the enemy , and carried dismay through his fleet . Eighteen shots went through the ...
Page 39
... half a mile across a flat bottom , free from timber , and covered with wheat , grass , & c . His left rested on the point of a low ridge coming out from the woods which skirt the bottom . On a slight ele- vation there and in some small ...
... half a mile across a flat bottom , free from timber , and covered with wheat , grass , & c . His left rested on the point of a low ridge coming out from the woods which skirt the bottom . On a slight ele- vation there and in some small ...
Page 52
... half distant . Nothing could seduce him from his duties ; no admiration , no dinner parties or collations , could move him to leave his camp . He always slept with his men . No matter what hour of the night he was aroused , he was ...
... half distant . Nothing could seduce him from his duties ; no admiration , no dinner parties or collations , could move him to leave his camp . He always slept with his men . No matter what hour of the night he was aroused , he was ...
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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