The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... compelled to move , showed executive ability equal to the management of a great battle , and won the highest praise of his Commander . The army was at last safe , and the terrible struggle that had been kept up since the 26th of June ...
... compelled to move , showed executive ability equal to the management of a great battle , and won the highest praise of his Commander . The army was at last safe , and the terrible struggle that had been kept up since the 26th of June ...
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... compelled to fall back , though not till they had left nearly two - thirds of their entire number on the field . Prince , while gallantly holding his men to their murderous work , was surrounded and taken 58 JACKSON RETREATS prisoner ...
... compelled to fall back , though not till they had left nearly two - thirds of their entire number on the field . Prince , while gallantly holding his men to their murderous work , was surrounded and taken 58 JACKSON RETREATS prisoner ...
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... compelled to fall back . The bat- tle proper , lasted scarcely more than thirty minutes , and yet , in that short space of time , General Gordon lost one- fourth of his entire brigade , and the One Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania and One ...
... compelled to fall back . The bat- tle proper , lasted scarcely more than thirty minutes , and yet , in that short space of time , General Gordon lost one- fourth of his entire brigade , and the One Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania and One ...
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... compelled to fall back , Longstreet's troops were seen pouring through Thorough Fare Gap to his relief . Qur loss in this engagement was estimated at nearly eight thousand . Again , Pope saw his enemy elude his grasp , but this time ...
... compelled to fall back , Longstreet's troops were seen pouring through Thorough Fare Gap to his relief . Qur loss in this engagement was estimated at nearly eight thousand . Again , Pope saw his enemy elude his grasp , but this time ...
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... compelled to cry , " Help me , Cassius , or I sink . " The President , too , who had hoped to the last for success , at length yielded to alarm , for he was suddenly aroused at the sight of the Capi- tal in imminent peril , and sending ...
... compelled to cry , " Help me , Cassius , or I sink . " The President , too , who had hoped to the last for success , at length yielded to alarm , for he was suddenly aroused at the sight of the Capi- tal in imminent peril , and sending ...
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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