The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 82
... seemed to be , to get rid of the monstrous evil of Slavery . The madness of the South had brought it within the reach of the General Government , and if he could make its fate and that of the Rebellion one , he would , he believed ...
... seemed to be , to get rid of the monstrous evil of Slavery . The madness of the South had brought it within the reach of the General Government , and if he could make its fate and that of the Rebellion one , he would , he believed ...
Page 91
... lay comparatively idle during the month ; but the next month , September , it seemed to rouse from its inexpli- cable inaction . Grant's head - quarters were at Corinth , where . • 92 AFFAIRS AROUND CORINTH . he was confronted.
... lay comparatively idle during the month ; but the next month , September , it seemed to rouse from its inexpli- cable inaction . Grant's head - quarters were at Corinth , where . • 92 AFFAIRS AROUND CORINTH . he was confronted.
Page 98
... seemed to flow with fire around them , yet they heeded it not . Still onward and upward they came , like the march of fate . At last they reached the crest of the hill , and Davies ' division gave way in disorder . Rosecrans , whose eye ...
... seemed to flow with fire around them , yet they heeded it not . Still onward and upward they came , like the march of fate . At last they reached the crest of the hill , and Davies ' division gave way in disorder . Rosecrans , whose eye ...
Page 100
... seemed to bear a charmed life , and " Forward - FORWARD , " rang clear and strong from his lips , rising even above the roar of cannon . Struggling through the fallen timber , they fell and were caught amid the branches , presenting a ...
... seemed to bear a charmed life , and " Forward - FORWARD , " rang clear and strong from his lips , rising even above the roar of cannon . Struggling through the fallen timber , they fell and were caught amid the branches , presenting a ...
Page 101
... seemed wrenched from the throats of demons . At length the rebels gave way , when the Eleventh Missouri and Twenty - seventh Ohio sprang forward and chased them swiftly to cover . The battle was over . No second charge could be made ...
... seemed wrenched from the throats of demons . At length the rebels gave way , when the Eleventh Missouri and Twenty - seventh Ohio sprang forward and chased them swiftly to cover . The battle was over . No second charge could be made ...
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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