Southern History of the War, Volumes 1-2C. B. Richardson, 1866 - United States |
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Page 60
... fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at Cumming's Point did the most effective service , perceptibly injuring the walls of the ...
... fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at Cumming's Point did the most effective service , perceptibly injuring the walls of the ...
Page 69
... fire was re- turned from a number of revolvers ; the soldiers were attacked with sticks , stones , and every conceivable weapon , and in more than one instance their muskets were actually wrung from their hands by desperate and unarmed ...
... fire was re- turned from a number of revolvers ; the soldiers were attacked with sticks , stones , and every conceivable weapon , and in more than one instance their muskets were actually wrung from their hands by desperate and unarmed ...
Page 84
... fire briskly , but wildly , with his ar tillery . At no time , during the artillery engagement , could the Confederates see the bodies of the men in the column or attack , and their fire was directed by the bayonets of the en- emy . The ...
... fire briskly , but wildly , with his ar tillery . At no time , during the artillery engagement , could the Confederates see the bodies of the men in the column or attack , and their fire was directed by the bayonets of the en- emy . The ...
Page 85
... fire . One of them , a youth named Henry L. Wyatt , advanced ahead of his compan ions , and , as he passed between the two fires , he fell pierced by a musket - ball in the forehead , within thirty yards of the house . This was our only ...
... fire . One of them , a youth named Henry L. Wyatt , advanced ahead of his compan ions , and , as he passed between the two fires , he fell pierced by a musket - ball in the forehead , within thirty yards of the house . This was our only ...
Page 91
... fire , which was aimed too high ; the crash of the falling timber mingled with the roar of the cannon , and as our artillery again and again belched forth its missives of destruction , it seemed as if the forest was riven by living ...
... fire , which was aimed too high ; the crash of the falling timber mingled with the roar of the cannon , and as our artillery again and again belched forth its missives of destruction , it seemed as if the forest was riven by living ...
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