The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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Page 45
... attack , use this veil to hide their deformity , and from a masked battery to discharge their missiles . But I trust they will strike the armor of truth and fall harmless at our feet , and that by the 28th of December no flag but the ...
... attack , use this veil to hide their deformity , and from a masked battery to discharge their missiles . But I trust they will strike the armor of truth and fall harmless at our feet , and that by the 28th of December no flag but the ...
Page 59
... attack of a storming party or by regular approaches . " The outer and inner walls are of brick , capped with stone , and filled in with earth , making a solid wall 15 or 16 feet in thickness . The work now in progress consists in ...
... attack of a storming party or by regular approaches . " The outer and inner walls are of brick , capped with stone , and filled in with earth , making a solid wall 15 or 16 feet in thickness . The work now in progress consists in ...
Page 63
... attack by the people of Charles- | had arrived ; some supposed that Ander- ton , the wives and children of the gar- son had evacuated the harbor altogether , rison were about to be removed to a after having destroyed the fort ; but ...
... attack by the people of Charles- | had arrived ; some supposed that Ander- ton , the wives and children of the gar- son had evacuated the harbor altogether , rison were about to be removed to a after having destroyed the fort ; but ...
Page 64
... attack . A ditch some fifteen feet wide and about the same in depth sur- rounds the entire wall on three sides . On the south side , or front , a glacis has been commenced and prosecuted nearly to completion , with a rampart of sand ...
... attack . A ditch some fifteen feet wide and about the same in depth sur- rounds the entire wall on three sides . On the south side , or front , a glacis has been commenced and prosecuted nearly to completion , with a rampart of sand ...
Page 65
... attack was made , he would have retired from the outer bas- tions to the citadel , and afterward blow up the other portions of the fort . For this purpose mines had already been sprung , and trains had been laid ready for the ...
... attack was made , he would have retired from the outer bas- tions to the citadel , and afterward blow up the other portions of the fort . For this purpose mines had already been sprung , and trains had been laid ready for the ...
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