The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc, Volume 3Virtue & Yorston, 1862 - Slavery |
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Page 10
... woods , as to compel them to to a Mr. Beasland , and the battle has been therefore termed that of Beasland . from every part of their works , and with of skirmishers became a line of pickets , the main 10 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
... woods , as to compel them to to a Mr. Beasland , and the battle has been therefore termed that of Beasland . from every part of their works , and with of skirmishers became a line of pickets , the main 10 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
Page 13
... pickets , the main body sleeping on their arms , in the same position they were during the day , intending to renew it in the morning . " The order to keep the men concealed in the plantation ditches made our loss very small . The ...
... pickets , the main body sleeping on their arms , in the same position they were during the day , intending to renew it in the morning . " The order to keep the men concealed in the plantation ditches made our loss very small . The ...
Page 35
... pickets in position . " On the 26th , most of the movements ordered for the 25th were completed , amid continuous rains . Generals Rous- seau , Reynolds , and Brannan's divisions co - operated in a gallant advance on the enemy , who ...
... pickets in position . " On the 26th , most of the movements ordered for the 25th were completed , amid continuous rains . Generals Rous- seau , Reynolds , and Brannan's divisions co - operated in a gallant advance on the enemy , who ...
Page 38
... pickets , held him at bay until their ammunition was exhausted . The dense smoke and atmosphere favored their operations , enabling them to ap- proach very near without our being able to observe them . Our siege guns and our light ...
... pickets , held him at bay until their ammunition was exhausted . The dense smoke and atmosphere favored their operations , enabling them to ap- proach very near without our being able to observe them . Our siege guns and our light ...
Page 109
... picket - boats by a steamer , and there cast off , and while her consort was manoeuvring about the harbor , and by her move- N. Y. Herald . ments attracting the attention of the pickets , the venturesome BOAT ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER . 109.
... picket - boats by a steamer , and there cast off , and while her consort was manoeuvring about the harbor , and by her move- N. Y. Herald . ments attracting the attention of the pickets , the venturesome BOAT ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER . 109.
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