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Page 23
... regiments expired . There was good reason to believe that a large majority of the men had not re - enlisted , and of those who had re - enlisted , a very large majority had entered compa- nies which could never be assembled , or if ...
... regiments expired . There was good reason to believe that a large majority of the men had not re - enlisted , and of those who had re - enlisted , a very large majority had entered compa- nies which could never be assembled , or if ...
Page 24
... regiments or companies pre- viously associated , and the liability to State jealousies . Mili- tary courts were organized to secure the prompt administration of the military law , to check desertion and straggling , to re- strain ...
... regiments or companies pre- viously associated , and the liability to State jealousies . Mili- tary courts were organized to secure the prompt administration of the military law , to check desertion and straggling , to re- strain ...
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... regiments that are most apt to run are from North Carolina and Tennessee . I am thankful to say that the Mississippi and Louisiana troops behave gloriously whenever called on to fight . ยท Uncle Jeff . thinks you are safe at home , as ...
... regiments that are most apt to run are from North Carolina and Tennessee . I am thankful to say that the Mississippi and Louisiana troops behave gloriously whenever called on to fight . ยท Uncle Jeff . thinks you are safe at home , as ...
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... regiment . They had stood for nearly two hours , receiving with composed courage the cross - fire of the enemy's artillery ; and then , as the sun was sinking , they made the charge decisive of the day , and drove the enemy in ...
... regiment . They had stood for nearly two hours , receiving with composed courage the cross - fire of the enemy's artillery ; and then , as the sun was sinking , they made the charge decisive of the day , and drove the enemy in ...
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... regiment , under command of General Marshall . He was in the battles of Brandywine , Germantown , and several other of the most desperately contested fields of the Revolution . From exposure and hardships endured upon the frontiers of ...
... regiment , under command of General Marshall . He was in the battles of Brandywine , Germantown , and several other of the most desperately contested fields of the Revolution . From exposure and hardships endured upon the frontiers 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