The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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Page 68
... shot and shell down from the sides of the mountains , and our batteries re- plying from the plain below . About noon , a short , severe conflict occurred between the infantry , over some pieces abandoned by our troops in a panic , in ...
... shot and shell down from the sides of the mountains , and our batteries re- plying from the plain below . About noon , a short , severe conflict occurred between the infantry , over some pieces abandoned by our troops in a panic , in ...
Page 69
... shot of it . Although , as before stated , Harper's Ferry , as a military post , had no important bearing on McClellan's plan of the campaign , the loss of so many troops at this juncture , was a serious matter , and , in case of ...
... shot of it . Although , as before stated , Harper's Ferry , as a military post , had no important bearing on McClellan's plan of the campaign , the loss of so many troops at this juncture , was a serious matter , and , in case of ...
Page 71
... shots of the Pennsylvania skirmishers an- nounced that the fight had begun . The whole corps was soon engaged , and for half an hour it stormed and thundered miles away to the right , as though the main battle was being fought there at ...
... shots of the Pennsylvania skirmishers an- nounced that the fight had begun . The whole corps was soon engaged , and for half an hour it stormed and thundered miles away to the right , as though the main battle was being fought there at ...
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... shot and shell , moved straight up to the crest of the hill that crowned the cornfield , and forming in full view of the enemy , began to pour in their rapid , deadly volleys . Hartsuff , commanding , fell severely wounded ; but that ...
... shot and shell , moved straight up to the crest of the hill that crowned the cornfield , and forming in full view of the enemy , began to pour in their rapid , deadly volleys . Hartsuff , commanding , fell severely wounded ; but that ...
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... shot and shell tearing through them every moment with awful desolation . Like clouds , rent before the incessant flashes of lightning , those gray for- mations everywhere parted , showing great ragged openings that closed as quickly as ...
... shot and shell tearing through them every moment with awful desolation . Like clouds , rent before the incessant flashes of lightning , those gray for- mations everywhere parted , showing great ragged openings that closed as quickly as ...
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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