The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 87
... passing on the At- lantic seaboard , the military movements at the West were not crowned with that success , which our previous vic- tories had led the public to expect . The capture of Memphis brought our victorious fleet to Vicksburg ...
... passing on the At- lantic seaboard , the military movements at the West were not crowned with that success , which our previous vic- tories had led the public to expect . The capture of Memphis brought our victorious fleet to Vicksburg ...
Page 88
... passing down stream , anchored under the protection of the lower fleet of Farragut . A few days after , Col. Ellet went up the Yazoo and destroyed the rebel gun- boats Van Dorn , Polk and Livingston . On land , but little was ...
... passing down stream , anchored under the protection of the lower fleet of Farragut . A few days after , Col. Ellet went up the Yazoo and destroyed the rebel gun- boats Van Dorn , Polk and Livingston . On land , but little was ...
Page 102
... passed . He told his brave troops , that although they had been two days marching and preparing for battle , and had passed two sleepless nights , and endured two days ' fighting , he wanted them to fill their cartridge - boxes ...
... passed . He told his brave troops , that although they had been two days marching and preparing for battle , and had passed two sleepless nights , and endured two days ' fighting , he wanted them to fill their cartridge - boxes ...
Page 112
... passed , which sufficed to keep them from starva- tion . On one occasion , as Morgan was riding along the col- umn , he passed the wife of one of his colonels , sitting on a log , looking faint and pale . Stopping a moment , he said ...
... passed , which sufficed to keep them from starva- tion . On one occasion , as Morgan was riding along the col- umn , he passed the wife of one of his colonels , sitting on a log , looking faint and pale . Stopping a moment , he said ...
Page 115
... passed without any battles of moment , though throughout the West , constant fighting was going on between detached forces . But in the last of this month , Gen. Blunt , who was fast rising into distinction , was pressing hard against ...
... passed without any battles of moment , though throughout the West , constant fighting was going on between detached forces . But in the last of this month , Gen. Blunt , who was fast rising into distinction , was pressing hard against ...
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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