The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... soldiers , rioted , for a while , in luxury and drinking , and satiated themselves with the finest wines . But Jackson was now in a perilous position , being between Alexandria and Warren- ton , and between Pope's army and that of ...
... soldiers , rioted , for a while , in luxury and drinking , and satiated themselves with the finest wines . But Jackson was now in a perilous position , being between Alexandria and Warren- ton , and between Pope's army and that of ...
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... soldier , whose opinion is worth taking . The three soldiers talk briefly together . It is easy to see that the mo- ment has come , when everything may turn on an order given or withheld - when the history of the battle is only to be ...
... soldier , whose opinion is worth taking . The three soldiers talk briefly together . It is easy to see that the mo- ment has come , when everything may turn on an order given or withheld - when the history of the battle is only to be ...
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... soldiers properly clothed , so that an onward movement could be resumed with some prospect of success . While the first month of Autumn was thus drawing to a close , the two armies still confronting each other on the upper Potomac , two ...
... soldiers properly clothed , so that an onward movement could be resumed with some prospect of success . While the first month of Autumn was thus drawing to a close , the two armies still confronting each other on the upper Potomac , two ...
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... soldiers . It would be time , he thought , to settle this vexed question when the rebel armies had been .conquered . With these views , he had struggled hard to se- cure an Emancipation Act , which would allow compensation to the owners ...
... soldiers . It would be time , he thought , to settle this vexed question when the rebel armies had been .conquered . With these views , he had struggled hard to se- cure an Emancipation Act , which would allow compensation to the owners ...
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... soldiers , because they had been so easily driven back into the place , where the enemy's shells could reach them , but they were not aware of the motives which governed their Commander . This was not lessened by the sound of the enemy ...
... soldiers , because they had been so easily driven back into the place , where the enemy's shells could reach them , but they were not aware of the motives which governed their Commander . This was not lessened by the sound of the enemy ...
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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