The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 95
... stood unconquerable as fate . Three times did the Fifth Iowa , when about to be swallowed up by the ever - increasing masses , leap masses , leap forward with the bayonet , and send them broken and discomfited back . When their ...
... stood unconquerable as fate . Three times did the Fifth Iowa , when about to be swallowed up by the ever - increasing masses , leap masses , leap forward with the bayonet , and send them broken and discomfited back . When their ...
Page 99
... stood is clear of living men ; only the dead and bleeding are left . But those brave men have not trodden Death's ... stood Fort Williams . These had poured a deadly enfilading fire through his ranks , as he advanced , and now the former ...
... stood is clear of living men ; only the dead and bleeding are left . But those brave men have not trodden Death's ... stood Fort Williams . These had poured a deadly enfilading fire through his ranks , as he advanced , and now the former ...
Page 101
... stood like a rock in their places , and in a moment , friend and foe were locked in a hand to hand death - strug- gle . Bayonets , clubbed muskets , and , when these failed , clenched fists were used . The fight was brief but awful ...
... stood like a rock in their places , and in a moment , friend and foe were locked in a hand to hand death - strug- gle . Bayonets , clubbed muskets , and , when these failed , clenched fists were used . The fight was brief but awful ...
Page 119
... stood in want of - in fact , should be told , over and over again , that they had shoes , and clothing , and horses , right against the testimony of his own eyes , and the reports of his own officers - is a singular exhibition of want ...
... stood in want of - in fact , should be told , over and over again , that they had shoes , and clothing , and horses , right against the testimony of his own eyes , and the reports of his own officers - is a singular exhibition of want ...
Page 123
... stood in battle array on the further side of the river . The battle , however , did not really commence till nearly noon , when the order to advance was given , and Couch's Corps moved forward into the fire . It is impossible to ...
... stood in battle array on the further side of the river . The battle , however , did not really commence till nearly noon , when the order to advance was given , and Couch's Corps moved forward into the fire . It is impossible to ...
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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