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Page 40
... heavy , and so was our own . Six splendid cannon were captured on the field , another was taken in the pursuit , and still another had been captured on Sunday . The force of the enemy engaged was about six or seven thousand , and ours a ...
... heavy , and so was our own . Six splendid cannon were captured on the field , another was taken in the pursuit , and still another had been captured on Sunday . The force of the enemy engaged was about six or seven thousand , and ours a ...
Page 57
... heavy body of infantry and cavalry supporting a battery on a hill six hun- dred yards in front of me . But the Yankee balls came fast and thick on my flank . The 58th are firing into us , ' the lead- ing captain said . General Ewell and ...
... heavy body of infantry and cavalry supporting a battery on a hill six hun- dred yards in front of me . But the Yankee balls came fast and thick on my flank . The 58th are firing into us , ' the lead- ing captain said . General Ewell and ...
Page 69
... heavy guns were opened upon the advance columns of Gen. Hill . Our troops , pressing heroically for- ward , had no sooner got within musket range , than the enemy , forming several lines of battle , poured upon them from his heavy ...
... heavy guns were opened upon the advance columns of Gen. Hill . Our troops , pressing heroically for- ward , had no sooner got within musket range , than the enemy , forming several lines of battle , poured upon them from his heavy ...
Page 71
... heavy reinforcements , he stopped his advance . It was now about half - past ten o'clock in the night . The enemy had been arrested ; and the fight - one of the most re- markable , long - contested , and gallant ones that had yet ...
... heavy reinforcements , he stopped his advance . It was now about half - past ten o'clock in the night . The enemy had been arrested ; and the fight - one of the most re- markable , long - contested , and gallant ones that had yet ...
Page 72
... heavy and crushing fire was opened from the enemy's guns , of great range and metal . General Armistead having repulsed , driven back , and fol- lowed up a heavy body of the enemy's skirmishers , an order was received from General Lee ...
... heavy and crushing fire was opened from the enemy's guns , of great range and metal . General Armistead having repulsed , driven back , and fol- lowed up a heavy body of the enemy's skirmishers , an order was received from General Lee ...
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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