The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 48
... carry it . Skirmish- ing in the plain below commenced between nine and ten in the morning , but the enemy seemed in no haste to enter on the desperate undertaking before him . At length , how- ever , about two o'clock , a dark mass ...
... carry it . Skirmish- ing in the plain below commenced between nine and ten in the morning , but the enemy seemed in no haste to enter on the desperate undertaking before him . At length , how- ever , about two o'clock , a dark mass ...
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... carry the hill in one impetuous rush . Brigade after brigade , emerging from the distant woods , dashed on a run across the intervening space , and swept up , in one black overwhelming tide , towards the batteries . But when they came ...
... carry the hill in one impetuous rush . Brigade after brigade , emerging from the distant woods , dashed on a run across the intervening space , and swept up , in one black overwhelming tide , towards the batteries . But when they came ...
Page 65
... carried it into Richmond . Pope , also , was no match for Lee , least of all in a country so thoroughly known by the ... carry out his plans . If the army had been endowed with wings , his campaign might have been a very successful one ...
... carried it into Richmond . Pope , also , was no match for Lee , least of all in a country so thoroughly known by the ... carry out his plans . If the army had been endowed with wings , his campaign might have been a very successful one ...
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... carried , the battle was won , but of a succession of hills - those rear commanding those in front . The hol- lows between ... carry the lower bridge , near the mouth of the creek , and crush the enemy's right , and then sweep along the ...
... carried , the battle was won , but of a succession of hills - those rear commanding those in front . The hol- lows between ... carry the lower bridge , near the mouth of the creek , and crush the enemy's right , and then sweep along the ...
Page 73
... carry the bridge , gain the heights beyond , and move along their crest to the enemy's rear . He himself occupied an eminence about midway between the two wings , and anxiously swept the field with his glass . Although the earthquake ...
... carry the bridge , gain the heights beyond , and move along their crest to the enemy's rear . He himself occupied an eminence about midway between the two wings , and anxiously swept the field with his glass . Although the earthquake ...
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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