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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... soldiers , cut off their supplies , and forced their surrender . But the celerity and courage of General Banks's ... soldier sinking from fatigue , unheeding his cries for mercy , indifferent to his claims as a prisoner of war . This ...
... soldiers , cut off their supplies , and forced their surrender . But the celerity and courage of General Banks's ... soldier sinking from fatigue , unheeding his cries for mercy , indifferent to his claims as a prisoner of war . This ...
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... soldiers marched in silence for some six or eight miles ; and then the whisper gathered breath , and passed from man to man , " Where are we going ? " Pocket compasses were consulted , and it was discovered that slowly , though ...
... soldiers marched in silence for some six or eight miles ; and then the whisper gathered breath , and passed from man to man , " Where are we going ? " Pocket compasses were consulted , and it was discovered that slowly , though ...
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... soldiers . Five thousand men in an almost open field could do but little to repel the advance of two divisions of the enemy , each numbering 16,000 men . Onward the rebels marched , till within a few yards of Stuart's battery , when the ...
... soldiers . Five thousand men in an almost open field could do but little to repel the advance of two divisions of the enemy , each numbering 16,000 men . Onward the rebels marched , till within a few yards of Stuart's battery , when the ...
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... soldiers of the Union slowly retired , in good order , stub- bornly contesting every foot of ground they passed over . At about 5 o'clock they were joined by General Birney , with a brigade of General Kearney's division . General Sumner ...
... soldiers of the Union slowly retired , in good order , stub- bornly contesting every foot of ground they passed over . At about 5 o'clock they were joined by General Birney , with a brigade of General Kearney's division . General Sumner ...
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... soldiers . The attack was not made at so early an hour as had been anticipated by our officers ; it was six o'clock when the enemy first gave signs of their intended movement , and our pickets were driven in . They halted in our front ...
... soldiers . The attack was not made at so early an hour as had been anticipated by our officers ; it was six o'clock when the enemy first gave signs of their intended movement , and our pickets were driven in . They halted in our front ...
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advance army artillery assault Atlanta attack Banks batteries brave bridge brigade burned captured cavalry charge Charleston Chattanooga Colonel column command commenced Confederate corps creek crossed defeated destroyed division driven enemy enemy's engaged eral expedition Federal fight fire five flank fleet Fort Fisher Fort Sumter Fort Wagner forward four Fredericksburg front garrison Grant guerrillas gunboats guns heavy hill Hooker hundred infantry intrenchments killed and wounded Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commander line of battle loss Major-General McClernand miles Mississippi morning Morris Island moved movement Murfreesboro National troops night o'clock occupied officers Ohio pickets Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners railroad reached rear rebel force rebs regiments reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond road Rosecrans sent shell Sherman shot side Skirmish soldiers steamer Sumter surrender Tenn Tennessee thousand took town Union army Union forces Union troops Unionists vessels Vicksburg Virginia Yazoo river