The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... five dif ferent parallel roads , slowly and cautiously up the river , anxiously watching the development of the rebel plans . On the thirteenth , he had reached Fredericksburg , still in ignorance of the exact whereabouts of the rebel ...
... five dif ferent parallel roads , slowly and cautiously up the river , anxiously watching the development of the rebel plans . On the thirteenth , he had reached Fredericksburg , still in ignorance of the exact whereabouts of the rebel ...
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... five —that of the enemy was unknown . Among our dead was the gallant Reno . The next day , the garrison at Harper's Ferry surrendered , numbering eleven thousand five hundred and eighty - three men , with nearly fifty pieces of ...
... five —that of the enemy was unknown . Among our dead was the gallant Reno . The next day , the garrison at Harper's Ferry surrendered , numbering eleven thousand five hundred and eighty - three men , with nearly fifty pieces of ...
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... five hundred strong , on one occasion , marching sixty - five miles in twenty - four hours . The great movement , however , at the West , during this month , was that of the army under Major - Gen . Buell , the object of which was to ...
... five hundred strong , on one occasion , marching sixty - five miles in twenty - four hours . The great movement , however , at the West , during this month , was that of the army under Major - Gen . Buell , the object of which was to ...
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... five hours , when the enemy fell back . The gunboats Essex and Sumter shelled the woods during the action ; and after our lines were drawn in , as ordered by General Williams before he fell , two other gunboats added their fire ...
... five hours , when the enemy fell back . The gunboats Essex and Sumter shelled the woods during the action ; and after our lines were drawn in , as ordered by General Williams before he fell , two other gunboats added their fire ...
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... five o'clock till dark , the Fifth Iowa , and Eleventh and Twenty - sixth Missouri , held that single road , with a stubbornness that scoffed at numbers . Rooted to their places a line of fire running incessantly along their front ...
... five o'clock till dark , the Fifth Iowa , and Eleventh and Twenty - sixth Missouri , held that single road , with a stubbornness that scoffed at numbers . Rooted to their places a line of fire running incessantly along their front ...
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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