The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 51
... Pressed by overwhelming numbers , allowed no rest , scarcely time to snatch a morsel of food , bleeding at every step , and leaving its dead and wounded on almost every foot of ground it had traversed , this gallant army had fought its ...
... Pressed by overwhelming numbers , allowed no rest , scarcely time to snatch a morsel of food , bleeding at every step , and leaving its dead and wounded on almost every foot of ground it had traversed , this gallant army had fought its ...
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... pressing him so closely , that the latter alter- native would be impracticable . This was the state of things on the night of the 28th . From Pope's point of view , it did seem a desperate case for Jackson . Between him and the Gap ...
... pressing him so closely , that the latter alter- native would be impracticable . This was the state of things on the night of the 28th . From Pope's point of view , it did seem a desperate case for Jackson . Between him and the Gap ...
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... pressed , and Mansfield was ordered to his relief , but the gallant white - haired General fell in the onset . For a mile and a half , the battle raged furiously , all along Hook- er's front ; but at length , getting his two flanks safe ...
... pressed , and Mansfield was ordered to his relief , but the gallant white - haired General fell in the onset . For a mile and a half , the battle raged furiously , all along Hook- er's front ; but at length , getting his two flanks safe ...
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... pressed - needs no messenger to tell him that . His face grows dark with anxious thought . Looking down into the valley , where fifteen thousand men are lying , he turns a half - questioning look on Fitz John Porter , who stands by his ...
... pressed - needs no messenger to tell him that . His face grows dark with anxious thought . Looking down into the valley , where fifteen thousand men are lying , he turns a half - questioning look on Fitz John Porter , who stands by his ...
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... pressed by three times its number - its gallant Commander cut down - fell back in disorder . This left the death - dealing battery exposed , and with an exultant shout the enemy sprang upon it . Receiving without flinching the load of ...
... pressed by three times its number - its gallant Commander cut down - fell back in disorder . This left the death - dealing battery exposed , and with an exultant shout the enemy sprang upon it . Receiving without flinching the load of ...
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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