The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 3Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 738 pages |
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Page 9
... loss as " incalculable , important , and wholly irreparable , " and was forced to the confession : " Nothing goes well in the Southwest . " The en- Johnston continued his flight west- ward , toward the borders of Alabama , and thus ...
... loss as " incalculable , important , and wholly irreparable , " and was forced to the confession : " Nothing goes well in the Southwest . " The en- Johnston continued his flight west- ward , toward the borders of Alabama , and thus ...
Page 13
... loss very small . The skirmishers cleared the way , and the regiments would pass forward from one ditch to another on a run . The disposition thus made was sufficient to make the enemy apparently in the condition of the unintrenched . 6 ...
... loss very small . The skirmishers cleared the way , and the regiments would pass forward from one ditch to another on a run . The disposition thus made was sufficient to make the enemy apparently in the condition of the unintrenched . 6 ...
Page 18
... losses and holding their position at nightfall with the other troops on the right of our line . The highest ... loss of the Unionists on this as on the previous occasion was estimated at about one thousand . That our men were ...
... losses and holding their position at nightfall with the other troops on the right of our line . The highest ... loss of the Unionists on this as on the previous occasion was estimated at about one thousand . That our men were ...
Page 39
... loss greater . The Union loss was one killed and one missing . " On the 22d of April , the Union cavalry took McMinnville by surprise . On this occasion , " Colonel Longworth , of the Ohio Cavalry , struck the railroad , destroyed the ...
... loss greater . The Union loss was one killed and one missing . " On the 22d of April , the Union cavalry took McMinnville by surprise . On this occasion , " Colonel Longworth , of the Ohio Cavalry , struck the railroad , destroyed the ...
Page 40
... loss to the enemy , for he was well endowed with the enter- prising and , perhaps , unscrupulous at- tributes of the successful guerrilla chief . A Union reconnoitring force under Colonel Streight , after reaching the rear of General ...
... loss to the enemy , for he was well endowed with the enter- prising and , perhaps , unscrupulous at- tributes of the successful guerrilla chief . A Union reconnoitring force under Colonel Streight , after reaching the rear of General ...
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advance army arrived artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries bridge brigade Burnside Captain captured cavalry centre Chattanooga Colonel column command Confederate Court House Creek crossed defence dépôt destroyed direction division driven east enemy enemy's eral expedition Federal fifth corps fight fire five flank fleet followed force Fort Fisher Fort Morgan Fort Sumter Fort Wagner four Fredericksburg front garrison Government gun-boats guns heavy Hill hundred infantry intrenchments iron-clads killed and wounded loss Major-General ment miles military morning Morris Island moved movement musketry night o'clock occupied officers passed Petersburg pickets pontoon bridge port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners railroad rear rebel regiments retreat Richmond river road Schofield second corps sent shell Sheridan Sherman shot side sixth corps skirmishers soon Spottsylvania Court House Station steamer surrender Tennessee thousand tion took town troops Union vessels wagon trains wagons