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Page 61
... rear . Thus they had to repel repeated efforts to retake works which they had carried . But their advance was never successfully resisted . Their onward movement was only stayed by the coming of night . By night- fall they had forced ...
... rear . Thus they had to repel repeated efforts to retake works which they had carried . But their advance was never successfully resisted . Their onward movement was only stayed by the coming of night . By night- fall they had forced ...
Page 65
... rear . Thus they had to repel repeated efforts to retake works which they had carried . But their advance was never successfully resisted . Their onward movement was only stayed by the coming of night . By night- fall they had forced ...
... rear . Thus they had to repel repeated efforts to retake works which they had carried . But their advance was never successfully resisted . Their onward movement was only stayed by the coming of night . By night- fall they had forced ...
Page 71
... rear . Riding rapidly to the position of this brigade , Gen. Hill brought them by great exertions up to the front , to check the advance of the now confident , cheering enemy . Catching the spirit of their commander , the brave but ...
... rear . Riding rapidly to the position of this brigade , Gen. Hill brought them by great exertions up to the front , to check the advance of the now confident , cheering enemy . Catching the spirit of their commander , the brave but ...
Page 73
... managed to retreat was , indeed , remarkable , and afforded no mean proofs of his generalship . At every stage of his retreat he had con- fronted our forces with a strong rear - guard , THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR . 73.
... managed to retreat was , indeed , remarkable , and afforded no mean proofs of his generalship . At every stage of his retreat he had con- fronted our forces with a strong rear - guard , THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR . 73.
Page 74
... rear - guard , and had encoun- tered us with well - organized lines of battle , and regular dispo- sitions of infantry , cavalry , and artillery . His heavy rifled cannon had been used against us constantly on his retreat . A portion of ...
... rear - guard , and had encoun- tered us with well - organized lines of battle , and regular dispo- sitions of infantry , cavalry , and artillery . His heavy rifled cannon had been used against us constantly on his retreat . A portion of ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery Ashby attack bank batteries Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg charge Chickahominy command commenced Confederacy Confederate corps D. H. Hill defeated defences division driven enemy enemy's engaged evacuated Ewell Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank forces Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hill's Hooker horse hour hundred infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded line of battle Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning movement night North Northern numbers o'clock occupied officers opened passed pieces of artillery Pope Port Hudson portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern surrender Tennessee thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia wagons Washington whole woods Yankee