... The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65: The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James |
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Page 44
... heavy musketry fire . Consulting with Gen- eral Birney , it was deemed advisable to withdraw to the breastworks on the Brock road , which was accomplished , and the troops reformed in two lines of battle on the ground from which they ...
... heavy musketry fire . Consulting with Gen- eral Birney , it was deemed advisable to withdraw to the breastworks on the Brock road , which was accomplished , and the troops reformed in two lines of battle on the ground from which they ...
Page 79
... heavy . Some of the wounded per- ished in the fire of the woods . A heavy artillery fire between the guns of the Second Corps and of the enemy closed the operation . General Early says of this operation of the Second Corps , that ...
... heavy . Some of the wounded per- ished in the fire of the woods . A heavy artillery fire between the guns of the Second Corps and of the enemy closed the operation . General Early says of this operation of the Second Corps , that ...
Page 152
... heavy musketry and artillery fire on the right of his line . Per- ceiving that a heavy fog had suddenly fallen , he ordered his artillery , which was far advanced , to be withdrawn , as the fog rendered it useless , but the attack in ...
... heavy musketry and artillery fire on the right of his line . Per- ceiving that a heavy fog had suddenly fallen , he ordered his artillery , which was far advanced , to be withdrawn , as the fog rendered it useless , but the attack in ...
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advance afternoon Appomattox Army of Northern arrived artillery assault attack Ayres Battery Beauregard Bermuda Hundred Birney Birney's Boydton Boydton road Brig.-Gen brigade Brigadier-General Brock road Burnside Butler Capt captured Carolina Catharpin cavalry Church Cold Harbor Colonel column command Confederate Crawford Creek crossing despatch directed enemy enemy's intrenchments enlisted eral Ewell Ewell's Fifth Corps fire Fitz Lee Five Forks force ford Fredericksburg front Gibbon Gregg Griffin guns half-past Hancock Hatcher's Run Heth's Hill's corps infantry James killed and wounded Lee's left flank loss Lynchburg Mahone's Major-General Meade miles morning Mott's move movement night Ninth Corps o'clock officers open ground ordered Petersburg picket Pickett's plank road position Potomac present for duty Reams's Station rear regiments Richmond right flank river says Second Brigade Second Corps sent Shady Grove Sheridan Sixth Corps skirmishers Smith south side South Side Railroad Spottsylvania Court House troops vicinity Warren White Oak road woods