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... wounded , would show that the losses of Grant in the battle of the Wil- derness cannot have been less than thirty thousand men . " THE BATTLES OF SPOTTSYAVANIA COURTHOUSE . On the 8th of THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR . 19.
... wounded , would show that the losses of Grant in the battle of the Wil- derness cannot have been less than thirty thousand men . " THE BATTLES OF SPOTTSYAVANIA COURTHOUSE . On the 8th of THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR . 19.
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... wounded in the battle of the 6th ) and the Fifth Corps , under Warren , supported by cavalry . The enemy was repulsed , with heavy loss , in both instances . On the 9th , which was marked by some skirmishing , General John Sedgwick ...
... wounded in the battle of the 6th ) and the Fifth Corps , under Warren , supported by cavalry . The enemy was repulsed , with heavy loss , in both instances . On the 9th , which was marked by some skirmishing , General John Sedgwick ...
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... wounded , and captured . He had fallen upon the right of the Yankee line . of battle with the force of an avalanche , completely crushing it backward and turning Butler's flank . The action was de- cisive . No result but that of victory ...
... wounded , and captured . He had fallen upon the right of the Yankee line . of battle with the force of an avalanche , completely crushing it backward and turning Butler's flank . The action was de- cisive . No result but that of victory ...
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... wounded , but succeeded , before leaving the region of the battle , in destroying the important bridge over New River . It so happened that the Confederates had a larger force at that time in the extreme Southwest than anywhere else on ...
... wounded , but succeeded , before leaving the region of the battle , in destroying the important bridge over New River . It so happened that the Confederates had a larger force at that time in the extreme Southwest than anywhere else on ...
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... wounded . An important and critical struggle was now to ensue . Grant had secured a position , the importance of which was that it was the point of convergence of all the roads radiating , whether to Richmond , his objective point , or ...
... wounded . An important and critical struggle was now to ensue . Grant had secured a position , the importance of which was that it was the point of convergence of all the roads radiating , whether to Richmond , his objective point , or ...
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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