The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 72
... storm . Hooker , seeing the danger , threw a brigade in the path of the foe , but it went down like frost work , before the on - sweeping mass . " Give me , " said he to Doubleday , " your best brigade . " Down , on the run , came the ...
... storm . Hooker , seeing the danger , threw a brigade in the path of the foe , but it went down like frost work , before the on - sweeping mass . " Give me , " said he to Doubleday , " your best brigade . " Down , on the run , came the ...
Page 74
... storm the heights at all hazards . At last the order was obeyed - the enemy were driven from their guns by our gallant troops , that now pushed forward with loud hurrahs , some of them even reaching the outskirts of Sharpsburg . But the ...
... storm the heights at all hazards . At last the order was obeyed - the enemy were driven from their guns by our gallant troops , that now pushed forward with loud hurrahs , some of them even reaching the outskirts of Sharpsburg . But the ...
Page 84
... storm of indignation , and the courts of some of the States denounced . it as unconstitutional . The right of trial by jury is the most sacred of all political rights , and when that is finally stricken ! ARBITRARY ARRESTS . 85 down ...
... storm of indignation , and the courts of some of the States denounced . it as unconstitutional . The right of trial by jury is the most sacred of all political rights , and when that is finally stricken ! ARBITRARY ARRESTS . 85 down ...
Page 89
... storm , and divided his inadequate force , so as to protect the most im- portant points the best way he could . On the 20th of Au- gust , hearing that Bragg had commenced his march , and was crossing the Tennessee at Chattanooga and ...
... storm , and divided his inadequate force , so as to protect the most im- portant points the best way he could . On the 20th of Au- gust , hearing that Bragg had commenced his march , and was crossing the Tennessee at Chattanooga and ...
Page 97
... storm of fire . With daylight , skirmishing commenced , and the heavy boom of cannon , here and there , shook the field ; but , as yet , the enemy's lines were invisible . They were forming in the roads running through the forest , a ...
... storm of fire . With daylight , skirmishing commenced , and the heavy boom of cannon , here and there , shook the field ; but , as yet , the enemy's lines were invisible . They were forming in the roads running through the forest , a ...
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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