Southern History of the War, Volumes 1-2C. B. Richardson, 1866 - United States |
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Page 92
... road was blocked from Beverley towards Laure Hill , instead of that between the former place and Rich Moun tain , to retreat by a mountain road into Hardy county . The retreat was conducted in good order , amid distresses and trials of ...
... road was blocked from Beverley towards Laure Hill , instead of that between the former place and Rich Moun tain , to retreat by a mountain road into Hardy county . The retreat was conducted in good order , amid distresses and trials of ...
Page 109
... road . Here he was attacked by the enemy in immensely superior numbers . The enemy beginning his detour from the turnpike , at a point nearly half - way between Stone Bridge and Centreville , had pursued a tortuous , narrow track of a ...
... road . Here he was attacked by the enemy in immensely superior numbers . The enemy beginning his detour from the turnpike , at a point nearly half - way between Stone Bridge and Centreville , had pursued a tortuous , narrow track of a ...
Page 117
... road , and was now making demonstrations to outflank and drive back our left , and thus separate us from Manassas . General Smith was in- structed by General Johnston to attack the right flank of the enemy , now exposed to us . Before ...
... road , and was now making demonstrations to outflank and drive back our left , and thus separate us from Manassas . General Smith was in- structed by General Johnston to attack the right flank of the enemy , now exposed to us . Before ...
Page 118
... roads already mentioned . He was driven into the fields , where his masses commenced to scatter in all available ... road by which the enemy had come upon the field that morning ; but , soon cumbered by prisoners who thronged the way ...
... roads already mentioned . He was driven into the fields , where his masses commenced to scatter in all available ... road by which the enemy had come upon the field that morning ; but , soon cumbered by prisoners who thronged the way ...
Page 126
... road , but halted before they came within range of the muskets of the infantry . The enemy then com menced a heavy firing with artillery on our earth - works at the ford , and we retired beyond Bull Run . In the mean time , the thunder ...
... road , but halted before they came within range of the muskets of the infantry . The enemy then com menced a heavy firing with artillery on our earth - works at the ford , and we retired beyond Bull Run . In the mean time , the thunder ...
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