Pictorial History of the War for the Union: A Complete and Reliable History of the War from Its Commencement to Its Close ... Together with a Complete Chronological Analysis of the War, Volume 2B.W. Hitchcock, 1867 - United States |
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... Union Army reached the Chickahominy , at a point called Bottom's Bridge . The bridge had been destroyed by the enemy , but the stream was immediately forded by General Casey's troops , and the bridge was rebuilt . In the mean while the ...
... Union Army reached the Chickahominy , at a point called Bottom's Bridge . The bridge had been destroyed by the enemy , but the stream was immediately forded by General Casey's troops , and the bridge was rebuilt . In the mean while the ...
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... Union troops reached the en- trenched camp at about half past four o'clock , and were in possession at twenty minutes before five . The entrenchments were strongly forti- fied with earthworks , on the top of which were found twenty ...
... Union troops reached the en- trenched camp at about half past four o'clock , and were in possession at twenty minutes before five . The entrenchments were strongly forti- fied with earthworks , on the top of which were found twenty ...
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... Union forces from ascending it . On the next day he was or lered to en ... Union forces attacked the Sewell's Point bat- tery ; and Commodore Tatnall immediately ... troops occupied the city . They at once endeavored to put in force a de ...
... Union forces from ascending it . On the next day he was or lered to en ... Union forces attacked the Sewell's Point bat- tery ; and Commodore Tatnall immediately ... troops occupied the city . They at once endeavored to put in force a de ...
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... Union troops , volley after volley of bullets and shells . But the latter maintained their ground for upwards of three hours , without a single regiment arriving to their assistance . After a short conflict , of awful fierceness , the ...
... Union troops , volley after volley of bullets and shells . But the latter maintained their ground for upwards of three hours , without a single regiment arriving to their assistance . After a short conflict , of awful fierceness , the ...
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... army , were taken prisoners . On Sunday night , the gallant troops of the Union army again slept on the battle - field ; while around them lay the mangled , stiff , and gory dead , with upturned , pallid faces , on which the heavens ...
... army , were taken prisoners . On Sunday night , the gallant troops of the Union army again slept on the battle - field ; while around them lay the mangled , stiff , and gory dead , with upturned , pallid faces , on which the heavens ...
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