The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 38
... heavy reserves are steadily pressing back Porter's left , and it begins to crumble , until the disorder reaches the very cen . tre of the Federal lines . " There is no panic , the men do not fly in the wild excitement of fear ; but deaf ...
... heavy reserves are steadily pressing back Porter's left , and it begins to crumble , until the disorder reaches the very cen . tre of the Federal lines . " There is no panic , the men do not fly in the wild excitement of fear ; but deaf ...
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... heavy forces guarding the roads leading from Richmond on the farther side of the swamp . In the meantime , as soon as daylight revealed to the enemy that Sumner had abandoned Savage Station , and fallen back through the swamp , he ...
... heavy forces guarding the roads leading from Richmond on the farther side of the swamp . In the meantime , as soon as daylight revealed to the enemy that Sumner had abandoned Savage Station , and fallen back through the swamp , he ...
Page 44
... heavy force upon this position , and at the same time coming down the Charles City road on Slocum . Checked here by the artillery , they , a little later , fell with desperate fury on McCall's division . Right in the face of the death ...
... heavy force upon this position , and at the same time coming down the Charles City road on Slocum . Checked here by the artillery , they , a little later , fell with desperate fury on McCall's division . Right in the face of the death ...
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... heavy siege guns . This officer had made almost superhuman efforts to save his unwieldy siege train amid the struggling mass that crowded the road through White Oak Swamp , and had succeeded with the POSITION OF THE ARMY . 47 loss of ...
... heavy siege guns . This officer had made almost superhuman efforts to save his unwieldy siege train amid the struggling mass that crowded the road through White Oak Swamp , and had succeeded with the POSITION OF THE ARMY . 47 loss of ...
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... heavy crack of artillery , lapsed into silence again . Two hours more passed by , but , about six o'clock , the plain below suddenly opened like a volcano with the fierce fire of all the rebel artillery , and , under its cover . were ...
... heavy crack of artillery , lapsed into silence again . Two hours more passed by , but , about six o'clock , the plain below suddenly opened like a volcano with the fierce fire of all the rebel artillery , and , under its cover . were ...
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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