Southern History of the War: The second year of the warBooks for Libraries Press, 1969 - United States |
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Page 177
... guns- nearly nine guns to the vessel . Of these , thirty were iron- clad , mounting ninety of the heaviest guns in the world , each weighing 42,240 pounds , and throwing a solid shot , fifteen inches in diameter , weighing 480 pounds ...
... guns- nearly nine guns to the vessel . Of these , thirty were iron- clad , mounting ninety of the heaviest guns in the world , each weighing 42,240 pounds , and throwing a solid shot , fifteen inches in diameter , weighing 480 pounds ...
Page 217
... guns in position without firing upon them . Gen. Magruder opened the attack by firing the first gun . In a few moments the bright flashes , the booming reports , and whizzing shells told plainer than words that the action had begun in ...
... guns in position without firing upon them . Gen. Magruder opened the attack by firing the first gun . In a few moments the bright flashes , the booming reports , and whizzing shells told plainer than words that the action had begun in ...
Page 243
... guns , leading , followed by the Monongahela , a second - class steam sloop , mounting sixteen heavy guns , and the Richmond , a first - class steam sloop of twenty - six guns , principally eight and nine inch columbiads . The rear ...
... guns , leading , followed by the Monongahela , a second - class steam sloop , mounting sixteen heavy guns , and the Richmond , a first - class steam sloop of twenty - six guns , principally eight and nine inch columbiads . The rear ...
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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