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 85
... whole affair was badly managed the regiments through mistake firing into each . other - and had the enemy shown any energy the whole command would have been cut up . Lieutenant Greble of the regular service , and Major Winthrop ...
... whole affair was badly managed the regiments through mistake firing into each . other - and had the enemy shown any energy the whole command would have been cut up . Lieutenant Greble of the regular service , and Major Winthrop ...
Page 86
... whole force , six hundred and thirty- nine , prisoners . A great mob followed the troops back to the camp , saluting them with yells and volleys of stones . One company , receiving orders to fire , poured a volley into the crowd ...
... whole force , six hundred and thirty- nine , prisoners . A great mob followed the troops back to the camp , saluting them with yells and volleys of stones . One company , receiving orders to fire , poured a volley into the crowd ...
Page 93
... whole strategem . Pegram immediately dispatched twenty - five hundred men and three pieces of artillery to the top of the mountain to resist the advance of Rosecrans .. Arriving there before him , they greeted his arrival with a sudden ...
... whole strategem . Pegram immediately dispatched twenty - five hundred men and three pieces of artillery to the top of the mountain to resist the advance of Rosecrans .. Arriving there before him , they greeted his arrival with a sudden ...
Page 98
... troops almost without food , some tasting nothing for thirty - six hours , speaks volumes for the volunteer forces under General McClellan . Veteran regulars could not have done better . MARCH TO BARBOURSVILLE . 99 ** The whole rebel army.
... troops almost without food , some tasting nothing for thirty - six hours , speaks volumes for the volunteer forces under General McClellan . Veteran regulars could not have done better . MARCH TO BARBOURSVILLE . 99 ** The whole rebel army.
Page 99
... whole rebel army in Western Virginia was estimated to be ten thousand strong . A portion of these were at the south , on the Kanawha river , under General Wise . General Cox , from Ohio , was opposed to him , and at the time these ...
... whole rebel army in Western Virginia was estimated to be ten thousand strong . A portion of these were at the south , on the Kanawha river , under General Wise . General Cox , from Ohio , was opposed to him , and at the time these ...
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