The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 2Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 680 pages |
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Page 43
... soon , with the aid of a fellow - journeyman , mastered the al- phabet . His next step was to ask for the loan of the book to the reading of which he had so often listened with de- light . Its owner , interested in the lad's eager ...
... soon , with the aid of a fellow - journeyman , mastered the al- phabet . His next step was to ask for the loan of the book to the reading of which he had so often listened with de- light . Its owner , interested in the lad's eager ...
Page 47
... soon as I found that it would be neces- sary to await the arrival of our heavy guns , I determined to occupy some point on the river below , and establish our small guns , if possible , in such position as to blockade the river , so far ...
... soon as I found that it would be neces- sary to await the arrival of our heavy guns , I determined to occupy some point on the river below , and establish our small guns , if possible , in such position as to blockade the river , so far ...
Page 55
... murky cloud of cannon smoke that even the long hours of a winter night had not dispelled . The heavens soon be- came overcast , as if the elements them- siles that fell upon them . THE HAVOC . 57 THE SECOND BATTLE. ...
... murky cloud of cannon smoke that even the long hours of a winter night had not dispelled . The heavens soon be- came overcast , as if the elements them- siles that fell upon them . THE HAVOC . 57 THE SECOND BATTLE. ...
Page 68
... soon tranquilized by assurances of the falsity of the report , and some representatives of the civic authority showed themselves so well disposed as to profess Union sen- timents . A schooner on the stocks and six cannon found in the ...
... soon tranquilized by assurances of the falsity of the report , and some representatives of the civic authority showed themselves so well disposed as to profess Union sen- timents . A schooner on the stocks and six cannon found in the ...
Page 72
... soon to regret the wounding of two of their officers , Major Stevenson and Adjutant Horton , the former by a ball in the leg , the latter by a ball in the shoulder . Early in the engagement the Massachusetts Twenty- third lost ...
... soon to regret the wounding of two of their officers , Major Stevenson and Adjutant Horton , the former by a ball in the leg , the latter by a ball in the shoulder . Early in the engagement the Massachusetts Twenty- third lost ...
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A. P. Hill Acting Master advance Arkansas arms army arrived artillery attack Banks batteries battle boats bridge brigade Brigadier-General Burnside camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Colonel command Confederate Corinth corps Creek crossed defence destroyed direction division eight enemy enemy's engaged eral Federal fell field fight fire flag flank fleet force forts forward Fredericksburg front Government ground gun-boats guns Harper's Ferry Harriet Lane heavy hill infantry intrenchments Island Jackson James River Kentucky killed land Lieutenant loss Major-General mand Maryland Heights McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement Murfreesboro night North o'clock occupied officers Ohio opened Port Porter position Potomac prisoners railroad reached rear rebels regiments reinforcements retired retreat Richmond river road sent shell shot side skirmishers soon steamers Tennessee tion town troops Union Union army United vessels Vicksburg Virginia whole woods wounded