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 55
... night , flung to the breeze , and then sat down in the darkness to wait the coming shock . It was a mild spring night , and not a sound disturbed the quietness that reigned over the peaceful waters of the bay . Nature gave no sign of ...
... night , flung to the breeze , and then sat down in the darkness to wait the coming shock . It was a mild spring night , and not a sound disturbed the quietness that reigned over the peaceful waters of the bay . Nature gave no sign of ...
Page 57
... night long his ponderous shot kept smiting the solid walls of the fort , and his shells , whose course could be seen by their long trains of light , dropped incessantly around and within the silent structure . Early on Saturday morning ...
... night long his ponderous shot kept smiting the solid walls of the fort , and his shells , whose course could be seen by their long trains of light , dropped incessantly around and within the silent structure . Early on Saturday morning ...
Page 62
... night the troops remained on board the Isabel , and the next morn- ing were transferred to the Baltic , and started for New York . Though South Carolina had long before declared herself out of the Union , both postal and telegraphic ...
... night the troops remained on board the Isabel , and the next morn- ing were transferred to the Baltic , and started for New York . Though South Carolina had long before declared herself out of the Union , both postal and telegraphic ...
Page 73
... night and day over the long bridge cannon commanded its passage - the govern- ment , under the veteran and patriot Scott , was securing itself as best it could with its limited means , anxiously looking northward for the troops ...
... night and day over the long bridge cannon commanded its passage - the govern- ment , under the veteran and patriot Scott , was securing itself as best it could with its limited means , anxiously looking northward for the troops ...
Page 89
... night on the second of June , and proceeding by railroad to within twenty- five miles of Philippi , disembarked their troops in a terrible storm of rain . The columns were formed in total darkness , and set forward rapidly . In dead ...
... night on the second of June , and proceeding by railroad to within twenty- five miles of Philippi , disembarked their troops in a terrible storm of rain . The columns were formed in total darkness , and set forward rapidly . In dead ...
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