The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 91
... fire into his adversary . The boat was soon in flames , and , deserted by her crew , drifted down stream till her magazine caught fire , when she blew up with a tremendous explosion . Thus ignobly perished this much- dreaded vessel ...
... fire into his adversary . The boat was soon in flames , and , deserted by her crew , drifted down stream till her magazine caught fire , when she blew up with a tremendous explosion . Thus ignobly perished this much- dreaded vessel ...
Page 94
... fire the whole time . Each colonel had his orders to hold his ground at all hazards . It was a square , stand - up fight . The rebel onslaught was terrific . In dense masses , regiment closing in on regiment , like successive waves of ...
... fire the whole time . Each colonel had his orders to hold his ground at all hazards . It was a square , stand - up fight . The rebel onslaught was terrific . In dense masses , regiment closing in on regiment , like successive waves of ...
Page 98
... fire around them , yet they heeded it not . Still onward and upward they came , like the march of fate . At last they reached the crest of the hill , and Davies ' division gave way in disorder . Rosecrans , whose eye has never for a ...
... fire around them , yet they heeded it not . Still onward and upward they came , like the march of fate . At last they reached the crest of the hill , and Davies ' division gave way in disorder . Rosecrans , whose eye has never for a ...
Page 99
... fire is pouring into the public square of the town itself . Under this sudden change of fortune , Hamil- ton's division of veterans is compelled to fall back , and instantly , with a shout of victory , the rebels rush on Fort Richardson ...
... fire is pouring into the public square of the town itself . Under this sudden change of fortune , Hamil- ton's division of veterans is compelled to fall back , and instantly , with a shout of victory , the rebels rush on Fort Richardson ...
Page 100
... fire , and shot and shell went tearing through the dense columns . But they had braced themselves up to the fearful work , they knew to be before them , and breasted the iron storm with sublime devotion . As they came within close range ...
... fire , and shot and shell went tearing through the dense columns . But they had braced themselves up to the fearful work , they knew to be before them , and breasted the iron storm with sublime devotion . As they came within close range ...
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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