The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... length , compelled to cry , " Help me , Cassius , or I sink . " The President , too , who had hoped to the last for success , at length yielded to alarm , for he was suddenly aroused at the sight of the Capi- tal in imminent peril , and ...
... length , compelled to cry , " Help me , Cassius , or I sink . " The President , too , who had hoped to the last for success , at length yielded to alarm , for he was suddenly aroused at the sight of the Capi- tal in imminent peril , and ...
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... length , began to ascend the rugged slope . In a short time the whole rebel force was encountered , and then the wooded steep became wrapped in flame and smoke . For three hours , it thundered and flamed without a moment's interval ...
... length , began to ascend the rugged slope . In a short time the whole rebel force was encountered , and then the wooded steep became wrapped in flame and smoke . For three hours , it thundered and flamed without a moment's interval ...
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... length , the enemy began to give way , when , " Forward ! " ran along the line , and it sprang forward with a ringing cheer . Though at first retiring slowly , the rebels at this wild rush , fled precipitately , and were borne furiously ...
... length , the enemy began to give way , when , " Forward ! " ran along the line , and it sprang forward with a ringing cheer . Though at first retiring slowly , the rebels at this wild rush , fled precipitately , and were borne furiously ...
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... length , getting his two flanks safe , which the rebels had made almost superhuman efforts to turn , he determined to advance and end the struggle . To the right of the cornfield , was a piece of woods running out to a point which ...
... length , getting his two flanks safe , which the rebels had made almost superhuman efforts to turn , he determined to advance and end the struggle . To the right of the cornfield , was a piece of woods running out to a point which ...
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... length , closing the mes- sage with the following eloquent , earnest language : " This plan is recommended as a means , not in exclusion of , but addi- tional to all others , for restoring and preserving the national authority through ...
... length , closing the mes- sage with the following eloquent , earnest language : " This plan is recommended as a means , not in exclusion of , but addi- tional to all others , for restoring and preserving the national authority through ...
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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