The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 74
... dashed up to him , with the order to carry the bridge in his front , at all hazards . The aid returning with the report that the enemy still held the bridge , McClellan , now thoroughly aroused to the danger that threatened him , sent ...
... dashed up to him , with the order to carry the bridge in his front , at all hazards . The aid returning with the report that the enemy still held the bridge , McClellan , now thoroughly aroused to the danger that threatened him , sent ...
Page 76
... dashed , however , because Lee's army had escaped . From the commencement of the war , certain cries , taken up by a portion of the press , had become , for a time , popular , and , like all clamors , furious and unreasonable . The ...
... dashed , however , because Lee's army had escaped . From the commencement of the war , certain cries , taken up by a portion of the press , had become , for a time , popular , and , like all clamors , furious and unreasonable . The ...
Page 87
... in the Essex ; should move boldly and swiftly down on the steamer and crush it with one deadly blow . Reckless of the fire of the batteries , Porter dashed full on the 88 A DARING ATTEMPT . astonished repel . The blow 35.
... in the Essex ; should move boldly and swiftly down on the steamer and crush it with one deadly blow . Reckless of the fire of the batteries , Porter dashed full on the 88 A DARING ATTEMPT . astonished repel . The blow 35.
Page 109
... dashed down the Gap . He had barely reached a safe distance , when the first explosion followed , sending the huge rocks in every direction . The conflagration in the valley below was now in full headway , and the scene became in ...
... dashed down the Gap . He had barely reached a safe distance , when the first explosion followed , sending the huge rocks in every direction . The conflagration in the valley below was now in full headway , and the scene became in ...
Page 131
... dashed down the road , splashing the mud over himself , and those who pressed hard after him . Losing his way on his return , he " charged impatiently " through the woods , in the vain effort to find the right road . Amid bugle calls ...
... dashed down the road , splashing the mud over himself , and those who pressed hard after him . Losing his way on his return , he " charged impatiently " through the woods , in the vain effort to find the right road . Amid bugle calls ...
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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