| John Roy Musick - United States - 1894 - 584 pages
...column after column upon Sherman's advance,- while gun after gun poured its concentrated fire on them from every hill and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground. Once the Union lines were partially forced back; but Sherman, by a skilful move, recovered his lost... | |
| William Wirt Calkins - Illinois - 1895 - 616 pages
..."Memoirs," Vol. I., p. 377, says in speaking of matters as they stood at 3 pm : "Column after column was streaming toward me; gun after gun poured its...and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground held by us." Grant in his "Memoirs" says: "From the position I occupied, I could see column after column... | |
| John Roy Musick - 1895 - 580 pages
...column after column upon Sherman's advance, while gun after gun poured its concentrated fire on them from every hill and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground. Once the Union lines were partially forced back; but Sherman, by a skilful move, recovered his lost... | |
| United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 882 pages
...Chattanooga lay in beauty at our feet. I had watched for the attack of General Thomas "early in the day." Column after column of the enemy was streaming toward...and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground held by us. An occasional shot from Fort Wood and Orchard Knob, and some musketry fire and artillery... | |
| Edward Robins - Generals - 1905 - 364 pages
...The day was bright and clear, and the amphitheatre at Chattanooga lay in beauty at our feet. . . . Column after column of the enemy was streaming toward...and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground held by us. An occasional shot from Fort Wood and Orchard Knoll, and some musketry-fire and artillery... | |
| John Roy Musick - United States - 1907 - 588 pages
...column after column upon Sherman's advance, while gun after gun poured its concentrated fire on them from every hill and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground. Once the Union lines were partially forced back; but Sherman, by a skilful move, recovered his lost... | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman - History - 1990 - 1086 pages
...lay in beauty at our feet. I had watched for the attack of General Thomas "early in the day." Q>lumn after column of the enemy was streaming toward me;...and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground held by us. An occasional shot from Fort Wood and Orchard Knob, and some musketry-fire and artillery... | |
| James L. McDonough - History - 1984 - 324 pages
...after column of the enemy was streaming toward me, " he dramatically wrote in his After Action Report. "Gun after gun poured its concentric shot on us from...and spur that gave a view of any part of the ground held by us." About three o'clock, upon a signal from Grant to "Attack again," Sherman later said that... | |
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