The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 71
... woods re- ceived them . Meade and his Pennsylvanians , whose blood was now up , followed fiercely after , and with a wild hurrah , dashed full on the cover . The next moment , those dark woods became a sheet of flame , bursting on those ...
... woods re- ceived them . Meade and his Pennsylvanians , whose blood was now up , followed fiercely after , and with a wild hurrah , dashed full on the cover . The next moment , those dark woods became a sheet of flame , bursting on those ...
Page 72
... woods running out to a point which commanded the field , and he determined to take and hold it . Advancing to an eminence to reconnoiter the ground , he was struck in the foot with a bullet , and com- pelled to leave the field . Sumner ...
... woods running out to a point which commanded the field , and he determined to take and hold it . Advancing to an eminence to reconnoiter the ground , he was struck in the foot with a bullet , and com- pelled to leave the field . Sumner ...
Page 91
... woods during the action ; and after our lines were drawn in , as ordered by General Williams before he fell , two other gunboats added their fire , deterring the enemy from making another advance . The ram Arkansas , and the gunboats ...
... woods during the action ; and after our lines were drawn in , as ordered by General Williams before he fell , two other gunboats added their fire , deterring the enemy from making another advance . The ram Arkansas , and the gunboats ...
Page 93
... woods were so dense that Hamilton could no deploy his men , and , marching them by either flank , fiom the only road that ran through the woods , and planti..g his single battery so as to comm..nd this road , received the 94 BATTLE OF ...
... woods were so dense that Hamilton could no deploy his men , and , marching them by either flank , fiom the only road that ran through the woods , and planti..g his single battery so as to comm..nd this road , received the 94 BATTLE OF ...
Page 94
... woods on either side of it , were alive with the rolling volleys , and echoed to the shouts and yells of the combatants . The rebels , determined to force our line , moved into the desolating fire that met them , with unfaltering ...
... woods on either side of it , were alive with the rolling volleys , and echoed to the shouts and yells of the combatants . The rebels , determined to force our line , moved into the desolating fire that met them , with unfaltering ...
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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