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 62
... stood under arms within the battered fort , were told off as gunners , to fire the one hundred guns as a salute to the flag . At the fiftieth discharge a premature explosion killed one man , and wounded three more - one seriously . When ...
... stood under arms within the battered fort , were told off as gunners , to fire the one hundred guns as a salute to the flag . At the fiftieth discharge a premature explosion killed one man , and wounded three more - one seriously . When ...
Page 77
... stood high in the public estimation , hesitated long before he cast his lot in with the rebels . he sat on his piazza at Arlington House , and gazed off on the Capital , he shed bitter tears while he revolved the painful question in his ...
... stood high in the public estimation , hesitated long before he cast his lot in with the rebels . he sat on his piazza at Arlington House , and gazed off on the Capital , he shed bitter tears while he revolved the painful question in his ...
Page 78
... stood the test of this terrible ordeal , and remained faithful to the national flag throughout , deserve greater honor than the most successful warrior of the north . The spoiling of our goods , the entreaties and taunts of kin- dred ...
... stood the test of this terrible ordeal , and remained faithful to the national flag throughout , deserve greater honor than the most successful warrior of the north . The spoiling of our goods , the entreaties and taunts of kin- dred ...
Page 81
... stood loyal . Kentucky was still firm in her determi- nation to stand neutral , though the government well knew that every effort would be made through her governor and the late Vice President , Breckenridge , and other leaders to take ...
... stood loyal . Kentucky was still firm in her determi- nation to stand neutral , though the government well knew that every effort would be made through her governor and the late Vice President , Breckenridge , and other leaders to take ...
Page 89
... stood and waited in the darkness for the order to advance , till daylight revealed them to the enemy . The Colonel , then , seeing the enemy's camp in commotion , and fearing they were about to escape by flight , ordered his artillery ...
... stood and waited in the darkness for the order to advance , till daylight revealed them to the enemy . The Colonel , then , seeing the enemy's camp in commotion , and fearing they were about to escape by flight , ordered his artillery ...
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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