The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1National Tribune, 1898 - UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 |
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Page 57
... soon flying in every direction . It was impossible to serve the guns en barbette , and they were knocked to pieces one after another by the shot and shells that swept the crest of the ramparts . These were the only guns that could throw ...
... soon flying in every direction . It was impossible to serve the guns en barbette , and they were knocked to pieces one after another by the shot and shells that swept the crest of the ramparts . These were the only guns that could throw ...
Page 58
... soon found to be fruitless , for the hot shot of the enemy , dropping inces santly among the combustible materials , kept the flames alive , and in a short time the raging conflagration within became more terrible than the hurricane of ...
... soon found to be fruitless , for the hot shot of the enemy , dropping inces santly among the combustible materials , kept the flames alive , and in a short time the raging conflagration within became more terrible than the hurricane of ...
Page 59
... soon became so in- tense , that it was feared they would take fire and blow up the fort , and they were rolled through the embrasures into the sea , till all but three were gone , which were piled over thickly with wet blankets . Only ...
... soon became so in- tense , that it was feared they would take fire and blow up the fort , and they were rolled through the embrasures into the sea , till all but three were gone , which were piled over thickly with wet blankets . Only ...
Page 70
... soon evident that a power was gathering that the government must control and let loose on the rebellion , or it would go down before it . To a thoughtful man , this indecision of the administration on the one hand , and this tremendous ...
... soon evident that a power was gathering that the government must control and let loose on the rebellion , or it would go down before it . To a thoughtful man , this indecision of the administration on the one hand , and this tremendous ...
Page 83
... of brigadier and major - generals became an every day occurrence , and although it was not governed by political considerations alone , these controlled it far too much . at first . 84 MURDER OF ELLSWORTH . It soon became apparent that.
... of brigadier and major - generals became an every day occurrence , and although it was not governed by political considerations alone , these controlled it far too much . at first . 84 MURDER OF ELLSWORTH . It soon became apparent that.
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advance army arrived artillery attack batteries bayonets Beauregard Blue Mills brave brigade camp cannon captured cavalry Centreville charge Cheat Mountain cheers Colonel column command Congress Creek dashed division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flag flank fled fleet force fort Moultrie fort Pickens fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forward front gallant Governor Green Brier gun boats heavy Heintzelman hour hundred immediately Kentucky killed latter line of battle Lyon McClellan McClernand ment miles Mississippi Missouri morning mountain moved movement nation night o'clock officers ordered party position Potomac President pushed reached rear rebellion rebels regiments retreat river road secession seemed sent shells shore shot shout side Sigel skirmishers slavery soldiers soon South Carolina southern confederacy steamers stood storm stream Sumter surrender terrible thousand thunder tion took troops Union vessels victory Virginia volley Washington Wigfall woods wounded Zouaves