The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 62
... brave troops were being mowed down , as he believed , a sacrifice to incompetency , yet he could do nothing , but send on fresh men as fast as they arrived , till he had nothing left , but the guard around his camp , and this , at last ...
... brave troops were being mowed down , as he believed , a sacrifice to incompetency , yet he could do nothing , but send on fresh men as fast as they arrived , till he had nothing left , but the guard around his camp , and this , at last ...
Page 63
... brave troops , he prayed simply that he might fly to the battle - field and share their fate . If , however , he had wished for revenge , he would have been satisfied the next day , when the terrified General- in - Chief , whose ...
... brave troops , he prayed simply that he might fly to the battle - field and share their fate . If , however , he had wished for revenge , he would have been satisfied the next day , when the terrified General- in - Chief , whose ...
Page 71
... now up , followed fiercely after , and with a wild hurrah , dashed full on the cover . The next moment , those dark woods became a sheet of flame , bursting on those brave men . 72 HOOKER WOUNDED . Rent , shattered and torn before 35.
... now up , followed fiercely after , and with a wild hurrah , dashed full on the cover . The next moment , those dark woods became a sheet of flame , bursting on those brave men . 72 HOOKER WOUNDED . Rent , shattered and torn before 35.
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... brave division stood like a wall of adamant across the road . The woods on either side of it , were alive with the rolling volleys , and echoed to the shouts and yells of the combatants . The rebels , determined to force our line ...
... brave division stood like a wall of adamant across the road . The woods on either side of it , were alive with the rolling volleys , and echoed to the shouts and yells of the combatants . The rebels , determined to force our line ...
Page 95
... brave , shattered divisions , lay down on their arms , on the ground they had crimsoned with their blood , to wait for the morning light to renew the unequal struggle . But the enemy , under cover of the darkness , stole away ; and when ...
... brave , shattered divisions , lay down on their arms , on the ground they had crimsoned with their blood , to wait for the morning light to renew the unequal struggle . But the enemy , under cover of the darkness , stole away ; and when ...
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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