The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 57
... guns , kept grandly , devotedly on . But suddenly a heavy mass of infantry , till then concealed behind a low swell , rose before them and poured a fearful volley into their very faces . This unexpected fire , combined with that of the ...
... guns , kept grandly , devotedly on . But suddenly a heavy mass of infantry , till then concealed behind a low swell , rose before them and poured a fearful volley into their very faces . This unexpected fire , combined with that of the ...
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... guns by our gallant troops , that now pushed forward with loud hurrahs , some of them even reaching the outskirts of Sharpsburg . But the advantage came too late , for heavy rebel rein- forcements , that had been hurrying forward all ...
... guns by our gallant troops , that now pushed forward with loud hurrahs , some of them even reaching the outskirts of Sharpsburg . But the advantage came too late , for heavy rebel rein- forcements , that had been hurrying forward all ...
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... guns . If you do not send them , I cannot hold my position a half an hour . ' McClellan's only answer is a glance at the western sky . Then he turns and speaks , very slowly : ' Tell General Burnside , this is the battle of the war . He ...
... guns . If you do not send them , I cannot hold my position a half an hour . ' McClellan's only answer is a glance at the western sky . Then he turns and speaks , very slowly : ' Tell General Burnside , this is the battle of the war . He ...
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... guns of Vicksburg . Flag - officers Farragut and Davis , with Por ter , now held a consultation as to the best mode of destroy- ing this powerful antagonist at its moorings . It was deter- mined to make the attempt at four o'clock on ...
... guns of Vicksburg . Flag - officers Farragut and Davis , with Por ter , now held a consultation as to the best mode of destroy- ing this powerful antagonist at its moorings . It was deter- mined to make the attempt at four o'clock on ...
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... guns in battery and twenty field pieces , besides the guns of the ram . Yet , strange to say , she event- ually got off , and , passing down stream , anchored under the protection of the lower fleet of Farragut . A few days after , Col ...
... guns in battery and twenty field pieces , besides the guns of the ram . Yet , strange to say , she event- ually got off , and , passing down stream , anchored under the protection of the lower fleet of Farragut . A few days after , Col ...
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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