The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 57
... swept past our artillery , entered a corn field in beautiful order , and moved steadily forward towards the hostile batteries , that all the while played fast and furiously into their exposed ranks . The brave men took the desolating ...
... swept past our artillery , entered a corn field in beautiful order , and moved steadily forward towards the hostile batteries , that all the while played fast and furiously into their exposed ranks . The brave men took the desolating ...
Page 72
... swept out into view , cheering as they came , and carried the field like a 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 ...
... swept out into view , cheering as they came , and carried the field like a 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 ...
Page 73
... swept the field with his glass . Although the earthquake crash of artillery on the extreme right , showed that the heroic Hooker was throwing himself with terrible force on the enemy there , the firing on the left indicated that ...
... swept the field with his glass . Although the earthquake crash of artillery on the extreme right , showed that the heroic Hooker was throwing himself with terrible force on the enemy there , the firing on the left indicated that ...
Page 94
... swept steadily forward over all obstructions . At length , the Forty - eighth Indiana , pressed by three times its number - its gallant Commander cut down - fell back in disorder . This left the death - dealing battery exposed , and ...
... swept steadily forward over all obstructions . At length , the Forty - eighth Indiana , pressed by three times its number - its gallant Commander cut down - fell back in disorder . This left the death - dealing battery exposed , and ...
Page 97
... swept with a hail - 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 ...
... swept with a hail - 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 ...
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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