The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 32
... rebel capital , stood our en- trenchments . Here , and between the river and rebel fortifications , ex- tending northward from the city , lay eight divisions of our army . On the opposite side of the river was General Porter , with two ...
... rebel capital , stood our en- trenchments . Here , and between the river and rebel fortifications , ex- tending northward from the city , lay eight divisions of our army . On the opposite side of the river was General Porter , with two ...
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... rebel host surged back . Deter- mined , however , to carry the position at whatever cost , the rebel leaders , under a fierce artillery fire along their whole line , massed their troops for another attack . With shouts and yells that ...
... rebel host surged back . Deter- mined , however , to carry the position at whatever cost , the rebel leaders , under a fierce artillery fire along their whole line , massed their troops for another attack . With shouts and yells that ...
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... rebel leaders pressed this de- voted division with such fury that at length it was com- pelled to fall back . The gallant , fiery leaders , Hooker and Kearney , were hurried to the rescue , and falling with their weary , heroic columns ...
... rebel leaders pressed this de- voted division with such fury that at length it was com- pelled to fall back . The gallant , fiery leaders , Hooker and Kearney , were hurried to the rescue , and falling with their weary , heroic columns ...
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... rebel forces , relying on his overwhelming numbers , determined to carry it . Skirmish- ing in the plain below commenced between nine and ten in the morning , but the enemy seemed in no haste to enter on the desperate undertaking before ...
... rebel forces , relying on his overwhelming numbers , determined to carry it . Skirmish- ing in the plain below commenced between nine and ten in the morning , but the enemy seemed in no haste to enter on the desperate undertaking before ...
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... rebel government had failed of success . At an immense sacritice of life , it had succeded only in compelling McClellan to adopt a better base , from which he could advance surely on Richmond . It is true he had lost 15,000 men in the ...
... rebel government had failed of success . At an immense sacritice of life , it had succeded only in compelling McClellan to adopt a better base , from which he could advance surely on Richmond . It is true he had lost 15,000 men in the ...
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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