The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Shot that Kills Him -Sherman's First Defeat - Kenesaw Flanked - The Chattahochee Reach- ed and Crossed - Atlanta in Sight ..... 315 CHAPTER XXV . JULY - SEPTEMBER , 1864 . & Aflanta Reached - Hood's First Attack - His Assault on ...
... Shot that Kills Him -Sherman's First Defeat - Kenesaw Flanked - The Chattahochee Reach- ed and Crossed - Atlanta in Sight ..... 315 CHAPTER XXV . JULY - SEPTEMBER , 1864 . & Aflanta Reached - Hood's First Attack - His Assault on ...
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... shot under him , Butterfield , surrounded by his falling staff , plants a flag and calls on his men to rally around it , — but in vain . With sword in hand , aids dash amid the broken ranks with stirring appeals , in vain . Amid the ...
... shot under him , Butterfield , surrounded by his falling staff , plants a flag and calls on his men to rally around it , — but in vain . With sword in hand , aids dash amid the broken ranks with stirring appeals , in vain . Amid the ...
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... shot and shell . Seeing that nothing could long stand before it , the rebel leaders ordered the troops on the double quick , to carry the hill in one impetuous rush . Brigade after brigade , emerging from the distant woods , dashed on a ...
... shot and shell . Seeing that nothing could long stand before it , the rebel leaders ordered the troops on the double quick , to carry the hill in one impetuous rush . Brigade after brigade , emerging from the distant woods , dashed on a ...
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... shot out over the plain were illuminated with flame , -while blazing shells crossed and re - crossed each other in every direction , weaving a fiery net - work over the struggling armies . Into the midst of this pandemonium , every few ...
... shot out over the plain were illuminated with flame , -while blazing shells crossed and re - crossed each other in every direction , weaving a fiery net - work over the struggling armies . Into the midst of this pandemonium , every few ...
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... shot and shell into the valley below - but before Pope could get his forces up , Jackson had retired across the Rapidan . He had accomplished his purpose - de- coyed Banks into a trap , and shattered his corps into frag- ments , that ...
... shot and shell into the valley below - but before Pope could get his forces up , Jackson had retired across the Rapidan . He had accomplished his purpose - de- coyed Banks into a trap , and shattered his corps into frag- ments , that ...
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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