The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 44
... o'clock the enemy was seen moving in 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 ...
... o'clock the enemy was seen moving in 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 ...
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... o'clock , a dark mass emerged on the plain and moved steadily forward on Couch's division . The artil- lery opened ... o'clock the firing ceased all along the line , and the hill that for two hours had groaned on its firm foundations ...
... o'clock , a dark mass emerged on the plain and moved steadily forward on Couch's division . The artil- lery opened ... o'clock the firing ceased all along the line , and the hill that for two hours had groaned on its firm foundations ...
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... o'clock in the afternoon , heard de- sultory firing from Bayard's cavalry , which was disput- ing the progress of the enemy , and from Crawford , who was engaged with his artillery . It was a warm August day , and the green trees that ...
... o'clock in the afternoon , heard de- sultory firing from Bayard's cavalry , which was disput- ing the progress of the enemy , and from Crawford , who was engaged with his artillery . It was a warm August day , and the green trees that ...
Page 61
... o'clock , Heintzelman and Reno made a furious charge on the enemy's left , which doubled it up , and forced it back , so that , when darkness put an end to the strife , we were masters of the field , but nothing more . In the attack on ...
... o'clock , Heintzelman and Reno made a furious charge on the enemy's left , which doubled it up , and forced it back , so that , when darkness put an end to the strife , we were masters of the field , but nothing more . In the attack on ...
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... commanded every approach to the base of the ridge . The battle commenced at seven o'clock in the morning , by the advance of Cox's diyision of Reno's Corps . A heavy artil- 68 . BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN . lery duel followed.
... commanded every approach to the base of the ridge . The battle commenced at seven o'clock in the morning , by the advance of Cox's diyision of Reno's Corps . A heavy artil- 68 . BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN . lery duel followed.
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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