Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we again began a march which, for peril, labor, and results, will compare with any ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the “high hills... Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 15by United States. War Department - 1866Full view - About this book
| William Tecumseh Sherman - Generals - 1886 - 624 pages
...ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edistoj the " high hills " and rocks of the Santee, the flat quagmires of the Fedee and Cape Fear Rivers, were all passed in midwinter, with its floods and rains, in the face of... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1887 - 492 pages
...Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and the Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the fiat quagmires of the Pedee and Cape Fear Rivers, were all passed in midwinter, with its floods and rain, in the face of an accumulating enemy ; and, after the battles of Averysborough and Bentonsville,... | |
| Frederick Thomas Jones - United States - 1888 - 330 pages
...any ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and the Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the...were all passed in mid-winter, with its floods and rain, in the face of an accumulating enemy; and after the battles of Averysborough and Bentonsville,... | |
| Edmund Neuson Hatcher - South Carolina - 1891 - 448 pages
...results will compare with any ever made by an organized army; the floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the flat quagmires of the Peedee and Cape Fear Rivers were all passed in mid-winter, with its floods and ruins, in the fare of... | |
| Edmund Neuson Hatcher - United States - 1891 - 436 pages
...compare with any ever made by an organized army; the floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Conibahee and Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the flat quagmires of the Peedee and Cape Fear Rivers were all passed in mid-winter, with its floods and ruins, in the fare of... | |
| James Penny Boyd - 1892 - 630 pages
...floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the "high hills" and rocks of the Sanlee, the flat quagmires of the Pedee and Cape Fear Rivers, were all passed in midwinter, w'th its floods and rains, in the face of an accumulating enemy ; and, after the battles of Averysboro'... | |
| Albion W. Tourgée - United States - 1896 - 508 pages
...compare with any ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahce and Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee....the Pedee and Cape Fear Rivers, were all passed in mHwinter. with its floods and rains, in the face of an accumulating enemy; and after the battles of... | |
| Albion W. Tourgée - United States - 1896 - 508 pages
...the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edlsto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the fiat quagmires of the Pedee and Cape Fear Rivers, were all passed in mi iwinter. with Its floods and rains, in the face of an accumulating enemy ; and after the bulties... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 876 pages
...ever made by an organized army. The floods of thé Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and IMisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the flat quagmires...the face of an accumulating enemy ; and after the baúles of Averysboro and Bcntonvifle we once more came uut of the wilderness to meet our friends at... | |
| Teacher of history - United States - 1910 - 518 pages
...any ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and the Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the...and rains, in the face of an accumulating enemy." 2, Columbia* "was captured (February 17) ; and Charleston,! thus threatened in the rear, was evacuated... | |
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