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 56
... ordered to their places . Soon the order to fire was given , and the ominous silence that had so long reigned round that dark structure was broken , and a sheet of flame ran along its sides . Gun now answered gun in quick succession ...
... ordered to their places . Soon the order to fire was given , and the ominous silence that had so long reigned round that dark structure was broken , and a sheet of flame ran along its sides . Gun now answered gun in quick succession ...
Page 57
... ordered the port holes to be closed , when the firing ceased and the men lay down to rest . The enemy , however , did not remit his attack , and all night long his ponderous shot kept smiting the solid walls of the fort , and his shells ...
... ordered the port holes to be closed , when the firing ceased and the men lay down to rest . The enemy , however , did not remit his attack , and all night long his ponderous shot kept smiting the solid walls of the fort , and his shells ...
Page 59
... ordered a corporal to relieve him , as it was not the act of the fort , but of Wigfall . But the cannon balls continuing to strike around the corporal , he exclaimed with an oath , " I won't hold that flag , they don't respect it ...
... ordered a corporal to relieve him , as it was not the act of the fort , but of Wigfall . But the cannon balls continuing to strike around the corporal , he exclaimed with an oath , " I won't hold that flag , they don't respect it ...
Page 61
... ordered a Te Deum to be chanted in honor of the victory , and the Episcopal bishop , though blind and feeble , declared that the resistance was obedience to God . On Monday morning preparations for the evacuation com- menced . But first ...
... ordered a Te Deum to be chanted in honor of the victory , and the Episcopal bishop , though blind and feeble , declared that the resistance was obedience to God . On Monday morning preparations for the evacuation com- menced . But first ...
Page 68
... ordered Commo dore McCauley to remove them to a place of safety . When he found it was not done he despatched Commo- dore Paulding to take his place . When the latter arrived he found that they were being destroyed , the Merrimac and ...
... ordered Commo dore McCauley to remove them to a place of safety . When he found it was not done he despatched Commo- dore Paulding to take his place . When the latter arrived he found that they were being destroyed , the Merrimac and ...
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advance army arrived artillery attack batteries bayonets Beauregard Blue Mills brave brigade camp cannon captured cavalry Centreville charge Cheat Mountain cheers Colonel column command Congress Creek dashed division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flag flank fled fleet force fort Moultrie fort Pickens fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forward front gallant Governor Green Brier gun boats heavy Heintzelman hour hundred immediately Kentucky killed latter line of battle Lyon McClellan McClernand ment miles Mississippi Missouri morning mountain moved movement nation night o'clock officers ordered party position Potomac President pushed reached rear rebellion rebels regiments retreat river road secession seemed sent shells shore shot shout side Sigel skirmishers slavery soldiers soon South Carolina southern confederacy steamers stood storm stream Sumter surrender terrible thousand thunder tion took troops Union vessels victory Virginia volley Washington Wigfall woods wounded Zouaves