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Page 38
... infantry became hotly engaged . The force under Fremont was much larger than that under Ewell , but the latter was strongly posted on eminences which favored the effectiveness of artillery , and sheltered the infantry , while the enemy ...
... infantry became hotly engaged . The force under Fremont was much larger than that under Ewell , but the latter was strongly posted on eminences which favored the effectiveness of artillery , and sheltered the infantry , while the enemy ...
Page 39
... infantry in the woods to defend it . By availing himself of this circumstance , and by a brilliant manœuvre and charge , Jackson turned the fortune of the day at a critical moment . For some two hours the battle raged with great fury ...
... infantry in the woods to defend it . By availing himself of this circumstance , and by a brilliant manœuvre and charge , Jackson turned the fortune of the day at a critical moment . For some two hours the battle raged with great fury ...
Page 49
... infantry corps of " Brock's Gap Riflemen . " About the same time Col. Angus W. McDonald , senior , of Winchester , Virginia , was commissioned to raise a legion of mounted men for border service , the lieutenant - coloneley of which was ...
... infantry corps of " Brock's Gap Riflemen . " About the same time Col. Angus W. McDonald , senior , of Winchester , Virginia , was commissioned to raise a legion of mounted men for border service , the lieutenant - coloneley of which was ...
Page 55
... infantry , who were passing along the turnpike . All at once he wheeled his horse , and leaping the fence with drawn sword , cut his way right through them ; then wheeling , he did the same thing a second time . Riding up to the ...
... infantry , who were passing along the turnpike . All at once he wheeled his horse , and leaping the fence with drawn sword , cut his way right through them ; then wheeling , he did the same thing a second time . Riding up to the ...
Page 57
... 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 myself , the ...
... 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 myself , the ...
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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