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Page 19
... intrenched line , between the Wilderness and Trigg's Mill , nearly coincident with the Brock road , leading from the Wilderness to Spottsylvania Courthouse . On the 7th , with some desultory fighting , Grant continued his movement ...
... intrenched line , between the Wilderness and Trigg's Mill , nearly coincident with the Brock road , leading from the Wilderness to Spottsylvania Courthouse . On the 7th , with some desultory fighting , Grant continued his movement ...
Page 30
... intrenched line of the Chickahominy , and would have to make some other resort to victory . The battle of Cold Harbor was sufficient to dispel the delu- sion of weakness and demoralization in Lee's army ; for this derided army , almost ...
... intrenched line of the Chickahominy , and would have to make some other resort to victory . The battle of Cold Harbor was sufficient to dispel the delu- sion of weakness and demoralization in Lee's army ; for this derided army , almost ...
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... intrenched near and Dallas . Hood's corps was placed with its centre near New Hope Church , and Polk's and Hardee's ordered between east of it and the Atlanta road , which Hardee's left was to cover . An hour before sunset Stewart's ...
... intrenched near and Dallas . Hood's corps was placed with its centre near New Hope Church , and Polk's and Hardee's ordered between east of it and the Atlanta road , which Hardee's left was to cover . An hour before sunset Stewart's ...
Page 50
... intrenched line towards the railroad and Ackworth . On the morning of the 5th the army was formed with its left at Lost Mountain , its centre near Gilgath Church , and its right near the railroad . On the 7th , the right , covered by ...
... intrenched line towards the railroad and Ackworth . On the morning of the 5th the army was formed with its left at Lost Mountain , its centre near Gilgath Church , and its right near the railroad . On the 7th , the right , covered by ...
Page 52
... intrenched , or so near intrenchments that the only result of success to us would have been his falling back into them ; while defeat would have been our ruin . In the course pursued , our troops , always fighting under cover , had very ...
... intrenched , or so near intrenchments that the only result of success to us would have been his falling back into them ; while defeat would have been our ruin . In the course pursued , our troops , always fighting under cover , had very ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War (Classic Reprint) Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2017 |
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advance American ANDREW JOHNSON Appomattox arms Army of Northern artillery assault Atlanta attack authority batteries battle Boonsboro brigade Brigadier-General campaign captured cavalry Colonel columns command Confederacy Confederate Confederate Congress Congress constitution Convention corps crossed declared defence destroyed division Early enemy enemy's engaged eral Ewell's federacy Federal fight fire flank force Fort Fisher Fort Gregg Fortress Monroe front Georgia Government Grant guns Harper's Ferry Hill honor Hood Hood's hundred infantry intrenched Jackson James River Jefferson Johnston laws Lee's army Lincoln Longstreet loss Lynchburg Major-General Manassas ment miles military morning moved movement negro night North o'clock officers party peace persons Petersburg pieces of artillery political position President Davis prisoners proclamation railroad rear repulsed retreat Richmond River road Sharpsburg Sheridan Sherman side slavery slaves soldiers South Carolina surrender thousand tion troops Union United victory Washington wounded Yankee