Southern History of the War: The second year of the warBooks for Libraries Press, 1969 - United States |
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Page 36
... Banks with the adventurous purpose of driving him into Maryland . Gen. Banks , one of the military pets of the more truculent party of the abolitionists , had entered Virginia with the airs of a conqueror . As early as the 24th of April ...
... Banks with the adventurous purpose of driving him into Maryland . Gen. Banks , one of the military pets of the more truculent party of the abolitionists , had entered Virginia with the airs of a conqueror . As early as the 24th of April ...
Page 190
... bank beneath the bluff announced that the enemy had completed the bridge , and that his troops had effected a landing on the southern bank . About this time the order for a retreat was received by our men . The regiments of the brigade ...
... bank beneath the bluff announced that the enemy had completed the bridge , and that his troops had effected a landing on the southern bank . About this time the order for a retreat was received by our men . The regiments of the brigade ...
Page 191
... bank , by low crests of hills , which on the northern bank run parallel and close to the river , and on the southern bank trend backward from the stream , and leave a semicircular plain six miles in length and two or three in depth ...
... bank , by low crests of hills , which on the northern bank run parallel and close to the river , and on the southern bank trend backward from the stream , and leave a semicircular plain six miles in length and two or three in depth ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack bank batteries Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg charge Chickahominy columns command commenced Confederacy Confederate corps D. H. Hill defeated defences division enemy enemy's engaged Ewell Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank forces Fredericksburg front Gettysburg gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hill Hooker horse hundred infantry 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 political Pope Port Hudson Port Republic portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern Stonewall Jackson surrender Tennessee terrible thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby valley Vicksburg victory Virginia wagons Washington West whole woods Yankee yards