The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Pressed - His Retreat Cut Off - Grant Demands his Surrender - The Correspondence - The Capitulation - Surrender of the Troops of Northern Virginia - Joy of the North over the Victory ............ 582 CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . 27 CHAPTER ...
... Pressed - His Retreat Cut Off - Grant Demands his Surrender - The Correspondence - The Capitulation - Surrender of the Troops of Northern Virginia - Joy of the North over the Victory ............ 582 CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . 27 CHAPTER ...
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... ready to swoop down on him , the moment his exhausted numbers gave them the opportunity . And yet so pressing was the danger , that he sent over French's and Meagher's brigades . 37 THE POSITION AT EVENING . The scene which the.
... ready to swoop down on him , the moment his exhausted numbers gave them the opportunity . And yet so pressing was the danger , that he sent over French's and Meagher's brigades . 37 THE POSITION AT EVENING . The scene which the.
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... sees the ever - increasing flood of the enemy , and troops with which to stem it . Oh for night to come ! was his mental exclamation . But it is all in vain . The burst , no 38 A CAVALRY CHARGE . heavy reserves are steadily pressing.
... sees the ever - increasing flood of the enemy , and troops with which to stem it . Oh for night to come ! was his mental exclamation . But it is all in vain . The burst , no 38 A CAVALRY CHARGE . heavy reserves are steadily pressing.
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... pressing back Porter's left , and it begins to crumble , until the disorder reaches the very cen- tre of the Federal lines . " There is no panic , the men do not fly in the wild excitement of fear ; but deaf to every appeal , they march ...
... pressing back Porter's left , and it begins to crumble , until the disorder reaches the very cen- tre of the Federal lines . " There is no panic , the men do not fly in the wild excitement of fear ; but deaf to every appeal , they march ...
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... pressed , and the huge caravan was crowded along the hot and narrow way to its utmost speed . Wounded men lay bleeding in the wagons , or limped along beside them , while every ear was turned to catch the thunder of cannon from the ...
... pressed , and the huge caravan was crowded along the hot and narrow way to its utmost speed . Wounded men lay bleeding in the wagons , or limped along beside them , while every ear was turned to catch the thunder of cannon from the ...
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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