The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 48
... ground . Still , on swept the hostile column , till within close musket range , when at the word of command , the division sprung to its feet and poured in one deadly volley . Before it , that compact mass was rent like a cloud , torn ...
... ground . Still , on swept the hostile column , till within close musket range , when at the word of command , the division sprung to its feet and poured in one deadly volley . Before it , that compact mass was rent like a cloud , torn ...
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... ground , and kept the trains closed up , and the army disen- cumbered of the countless wagons and vehicles of every description that thronged the single road over which he was compelled to move , showed executive ability equal to the ...
... ground , and kept the trains closed up , and the army disen- cumbered of the countless wagons and vehicles of every description that thronged the single road over which he was compelled to move , showed executive ability equal to the ...
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... ground , resolved to attack by both flanks Hooker and Mansfield , supported by Sumner , were to at- tempt to turn the enemy's left , while Burnside , at the proper moment , was to carry the lower bridge , near the mouth of the creek ...
... ground , resolved to attack by both flanks Hooker and Mansfield , supported by Sumner , were to at- tempt to turn the enemy's left , while Burnside , at the proper moment , was to carry the lower bridge , near the mouth of the creek ...
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... ground , he was struck in the foot with a bullet , and com- pelled to leave the field . Sumner immediately took command , and the advance commenced , the gallant Sedgwick leading ; Crawford and Gordon stoutly battling in the woods ; but ...
... ground , he was struck in the foot with a bullet , and com- pelled to leave the field . Sumner immediately took command , and the advance commenced , the gallant Sedgwick leading ; Crawford and Gordon stoutly battling in the woods ; but ...
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... ground till dark , at any cost . I will send him Miller's battery . I can do nothing more . I have no infantry . ' Then , as the messenger was riding away , he called him back : - ' Tell him if he cannot hold his ground , then the ...
... ground till dark , at any cost . I will send him Miller's battery . I can do nothing more . I have no infantry . ' Then , as the messenger was riding away , he called him back : - ' Tell him if he cannot hold his ground , then the ...
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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