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Page 149
... batteries . Mulligan , in the mean time , burned a portion of the old town , to pre- vent the enemy from taking shelter there , and sat down to wait for reinforcements . On the tenth , he had sent a lieu- tenant with a squad of twelve ...
... batteries . Mulligan , in the mean time , burned a portion of the old town , to pre- vent the enemy from taking shelter there , and sat down to wait for reinforcements . On the tenth , he had sent a lieu- tenant with a squad of twelve ...
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... battery , ordered up to reply to this , came on at such a tearing gallop that it went by the spot it was directed to take , and one gun was upset . They soon , however , got in position and opened a rapid , heavy fire on the concealed ...
... battery , ordered up to reply to this , came on at such a tearing gallop that it went by the spot it was directed to take , and one gun was upset . They soon , however , got in position and opened a rapid , heavy fire on the concealed ...
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... batteries on shore immediately replied , and a ter- rific artillery fight commenced which lasted all day . Both sides had been so long occupied in obtaining the accurate range of each other , that the firing was characterized by great ...
... batteries on shore immediately replied , and a ter- rific artillery fight commenced which lasted all day . Both sides had been so long occupied in obtaining the accurate range of each other , that the firing was characterized by great ...
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... batteries in full play . As night deepened , the scene became indescribably grand . Every shell could be traced in ... battery , had no force with which to seize and hold the place . On this same new year's morning , a combined attack of ...
... batteries in full play . As night deepened , the scene became indescribably grand . Every shell could be traced in ... battery , had no force with which to seize and hold the place . On this same new year's morning , a combined attack of ...
Page 253
... batteries in front , while Grant , with a large land force from Cairo , should land below and take it in flank and rear . EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT HENRY . The expedition started on the fifth of February , and pro- ceeding up the river ...
... batteries in front , while Grant , with a large land force from Cairo , should land below and take it in flank and rear . EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT HENRY . The expedition started on the fifth of February , and pro- ceeding up the river ...
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