The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 54
... corps of McDowell , Banks and Fremont , which had been taken away from the General - in - chief . General Pope was , therefore , called from the West , to take command of these , to be called the Army of Virginia , and also of all the ...
... corps of McDowell , Banks and Fremont , which had been taken away from the General - in - chief . General Pope was , therefore , called from the West , to take command of these , to be called the Army of Virginia , and also of all the ...
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... corps could be brought up . Jackson , in the mean time , had already crossed the Rapidan , and occupied the sides of Cedar Mountain , in force . Banks , as he approached the mountain , about four o'clock in the afternoon , heard de ...
... corps could be brought up . Jackson , in the mean time , had already crossed the Rapidan , and occupied the sides of Cedar Mountain , in force . Banks , as he approached the mountain , about four o'clock in the afternoon , heard de ...
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... Corps , to the rescue . Sigel was also ordered to close up with all possible despatch , and every preparation was made for a great battle . Darkness settled over the sum- mer landscape ; yet , all along that mountain side , occasional ...
... Corps , to the rescue . Sigel was also ordered to close up with all possible despatch , and every preparation was made for a great battle . Darkness settled over the sum- mer landscape ; yet , all along that mountain side , occasional ...
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... Corps . On the top of this misfor- tune , came the calamitous battle of Cedar Mountain , which Pope declares was fought contrary to his orders . In the third place , when Jackson was retreating from Manassas Junction towards Centreville ...
... Corps . On the top of this misfor- tune , came the calamitous battle of Cedar Mountain , which Pope declares was fought contrary to his orders . In the third place , when Jackson was retreating from Manassas Junction towards Centreville ...
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... commanded every approach to the base of the ridge . The battle commenced at seven o'clock in the morning , by the advance of Cox's diyision of Reno's Corps . A heavy artil- 68 . BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN . lery duel followed.
... commanded every approach to the base of the ridge . The battle commenced at seven o'clock in the morning , by the advance of Cox's diyision of Reno's Corps . A heavy artil- 68 . BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN . lery duel followed.
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed Cumberland Gap dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter Lee's line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles military Mississippi Morgan morning mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock opened Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers stood storm stream struggle swept Tennessee thousand thunder troops Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole woods wounded