The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 39
... fell back , and the bloody day was ended . The slaughter had been fear- ful on both sides , and the trampled green sward and dusty roads were crimson with the blood of brave men , and sprinkled thickly with the dead and wounded . Twenty ...
... fell back , and the bloody day was ended . The slaughter had been fear- ful on both sides , and the trampled green sward and dusty roads were crimson with the blood of brave men , and sprinkled thickly with the dead and wounded . Twenty ...
Page 44
... fell with desperate fury on McCall's division . Right in the face of the death - dealing batteries they advanced with grand , heroic courage , and though swept by the storm of grape and canister , closed up their rent columns and still ...
... fell with desperate fury on McCall's division . Right in the face of the death - dealing batteries they advanced with grand , heroic courage , and though swept by the storm of grape and canister , closed up their rent columns and still ...
Page 45
... fell into the hands of the enemy , and Heintzelman , who was in chief command of the troops , began at midnight to fall back towards the James , on the banks of which our trains were now rapidly gathering . Franklin also retired , and ...
... fell into the hands of the enemy , and Heintzelman , who was in chief command of the troops , began at midnight to fall back towards the James , on the banks of which our trains were now rapidly gathering . Franklin also retired , and ...
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... fell one of the ponderous shells from the gunboats , bursting with a sound that shook the earth , and sent terror into the rebel ranks . Darkness at length closed the scene , and the shattered , bleeding host of the enemy withdrew in ...
... fell one of the ponderous shells from the gunboats , bursting with a sound that shook the earth , and sent terror into the rebel ranks . Darkness at length closed the scene , and the shattered , bleeding host of the enemy withdrew in ...
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... fell within three days after it was placed under his command , and while his relieving columns were almost within cannon shot of it . Although , as before stated , Harper's Ferry , as a military post , had no important bearing on ...
... fell within three days after it was placed under his command , and while his relieving columns were almost within cannon shot of it . Although , as before stated , Harper's Ferry , as a military post , had no important bearing on ...
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga Chickahominy close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank force Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles military Mississippi Morgan morning Mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebel rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers storm stream struggle Sumter swept Tennessee thousand thunder tion troops United Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole wounded