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Page 35
... position of Milroy , the Yankee commander at McDowell . The brigade of General Johnson had secured an advantageous position on a hill , and the enemy , fearful of being surrounded , decided at last , after some signs of hesita- tion ...
... position of Milroy , the Yankee commander at McDowell . The brigade of General Johnson had secured an advantageous position on a hill , and the enemy , fearful of being surrounded , decided at last , after some signs of hesita- tion ...
Page 38
... position , his rear was approached and attacked by Fremont's whole army , on the morning of Sunday , the 8th of June , and , at the same time , Shields ' force approached on the east side of the Shenandoah near Port Republic . That part ...
... position , his rear was approached and attacked by Fremont's whole army , on the morning of Sunday , the 8th of June , and , at the same time , Shields ' force approached on the east side of the Shenandoah near Port Republic . That part ...
Page 39
... 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 near the woods without any infantry ...
... 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 near the woods without any infantry ...
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... position they encountered fresh troops belonging to it , and reinforce- ments brought on from the rear . Thus they had to repel repeated efforts to retake works which they had carried . But their advance was never successfully resisted ...
... position they encountered fresh troops belonging to it , and reinforce- ments brought on from the rear . Thus they had to repel repeated efforts to retake works which they had carried . But their advance was never successfully resisted ...
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... position at the commencement of the action . This stream meanders through the Tide - water district of Virginia - its course approaching that of the arc of a circle in the neighborhood of Richmond - until it reaches the lower end of ...
... position at the commencement of the action . This stream meanders through the Tide - water district of Virginia - its course approaching that of the arc of a circle in the neighborhood of Richmond - until it reaches the lower end of ...
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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