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Page 19
... soldiers of the Confederacy . Helpless women were torn from their homes and confined in prison . One of these- a Mrs. Phillips - was accused of laughing as the funeral train of a Yankee officer passed her doors ; she was seized , and ...
... soldiers of the Confederacy . Helpless women were torn from their homes and confined in prison . One of these- a Mrs. Phillips - was accused of laughing as the funeral train of a Yankee officer passed her doors ; she was seized , and ...
Page 21
... soldiers . The rule of Butler in New Orleans is especially memorable for the deliberate murder of William B. Mumford , a citizen of the Confederate States , against whom the tyrant had invented the extraordinary charge that he had ...
... soldiers . The rule of Butler in New Orleans is especially memorable for the deliberate murder of William B. Mumford , a citizen of the Confederate States , against whom the tyrant had invented the extraordinary charge that he had ...
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... soldiers already in the field was not sufficient to resist the prospects , cherished for months amid the sufferings and monotony of the camps , of returning to their homes . The exigency was critical , and even vital . In a period of ...
... soldiers already in the field was not sufficient to resist the prospects , cherished for months amid the sufferings and monotony of the camps , of returning to their homes . The exigency was critical , and even vital . In a period of ...
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... soldiers were probably hasty , and may be spared here : .. " When I think of the dark gloom that now hovers over our country , I am ready to sink with despair . There is a probability of General Jackson's army falling back on Richmond ...
... soldiers were probably hasty , and may be spared here : .. " When I think of the dark gloom that now hovers over our country , I am ready to sink with despair . There is a probability of General Jackson's army falling back on Richmond ...
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... soldier . He was gesticulating and pointing out the country and positions to General Ewell . I could im- agine what he was saying by the motions of his right arm . I. pointed him out to my adjutant . ' Look a ' Ashby ; see how he is ...
... soldier . He was gesticulating and pointing out the country and positions to General Ewell . I could im- agine what he was saying by the motions of his right arm . I. pointed him out to my adjutant . ' Look a ' Ashby ; see how he is ...
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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