Southern History of the War: The second year of the warBooks for Libraries Press, 1969 - United States |
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Page 171
... followed by swift news of disaster and discouragement . The military prospect was not dark , but it had lost much of the brightness it had only a few weeks before . Kentucky had been gloomily abandoned . In Vir- ginia the hopes of ...
... followed by swift news of disaster and discouragement . The military prospect was not dark , but it had lost much of the brightness it had only a few weeks before . Kentucky had been gloomily abandoned . In Vir- ginia the hopes of ...
Page 190
... followed them . The brigade rendezvoused at the market - house and faced the enemy . A sharp skirmish ensued , but our troops , acting under orders , again fell back and left the town in pos- session of the enemy . It having become ...
... followed them . The brigade rendezvoused at the market - house and faced the enemy . A sharp skirmish ensued , but our troops , acting under orders , again fell back and left the town in pos- session of the enemy . It having become ...
Page 219
... followed and overshadowed much of the prospect in the remote regions west of the Mississippi . This was the forcible occupa- tion by the Yankees of Arkansas Post and the surrender of its entire garrison . The troops garrisoning Arkansas ...
... followed and overshadowed much of the prospect in the remote regions west of the Mississippi . This was the forcible occupa- tion by the Yankees of Arkansas Post and the surrender of its entire garrison . The troops garrisoning Arkansas ...
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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