The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1National Tribune, 1898 - UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 |
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Page 118
... loss of his guns , turned savagely back , powerless to stay the reverse tide of battle . The gal- lant young governor of Rhode Island , seeing that all was lost , spiked , with his own hands , the guns of his regiment before he fled ...
... loss of his guns , turned savagely back , powerless to stay the reverse tide of battle . The gal- lant young governor of Rhode Island , seeing that all was lost , spiked , with his own hands , the guns of his regiment before he fled ...
Page 119
... loss in killed , and wounded , and missing , amounted to nearly two thousand , of which one thousand four hundred and twenty - three were taken prisoners . Among the killed were Colonel Cameron , brother of the Secretary of War 120 ...
... loss in killed , and wounded , and missing , amounted to nearly two thousand , of which one thousand four hundred and twenty - three were taken prisoners . Among the killed were Colonel Cameron , brother of the Secretary of War 120 ...
Page 125
... losses . Innumerable and hazardous experiments in the way of appointments were unavoidable in the sudden and gigantic civil war into which we had been precipitated ; it was therefore a very unwise act to make any unnecessary ones ...
... losses . Innumerable and hazardous experiments in the way of appointments were unavoidable in the sudden and gigantic civil war into which we had been precipitated ; it was therefore a very unwise act to make any unnecessary ones ...
Page 135
... loss was reported to be one thousand two hun- dred and thirty - six , though it was probably much larger . The rebels reported about the same loss . We lost the bat- tle , but the nation claimed a victory . Five thousand had met twenty ...
... loss was reported to be one thousand two hun- dred and thirty - six , though it was probably much larger . The rebels reported about the same loss . We lost the bat- tle , but the nation claimed a victory . Five thousand had met twenty ...
Page 139
... loss of two hundred men , and some fierce combats in northern Mis- souri , between the Union citizens and rebel forces , were all the movements in the field in the interior that marked the closing days of August . The veteran Wool , who ...
... loss of two hundred men , and some fierce combats in northern Mis- souri , between the Union citizens and rebel forces , were all the movements in the field in the interior that marked the closing days of August . The veteran Wool , who ...
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