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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... ment . We were literally muzzle to muzzle , the distance between us and the enemy's guns being not not more than twenty yards , though to me it seemed to be only as many feet . 66 * * Shortly after this close engagement we seemed to ...
... ment . We were literally muzzle to muzzle , the distance between us and the enemy's guns being not not more than twenty yards , though to me it seemed to be only as many feet . 66 * * Shortly after this close engagement we seemed to ...
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... it would have been all up with her . * * " Matters had gone on in this way for nearly an hour and a half - the first gun having been fired at about half - past eleven o'clock - when , to my astonish- ment , 26 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
... it would have been all up with her . * * " Matters had gone on in this way for nearly an hour and a half - the first gun having been fired at about half - past eleven o'clock - when , to my astonish- ment , 26 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
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... ment , I heard some shells whistling over our port side . Did the rebels have batteries on the right bank of the river ? was the query that naturally suggested itself to me . To this the response was given that we had turned back . I ...
... ment , I heard some shells whistling over our port side . Did the rebels have batteries on the right bank of the river ? was the query that naturally suggested itself to me . To this the response was given that we had turned back . I ...
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... ment of the batteries , during the un- successful attempts of General Banks to carry the enemy's works by assault . On the 11th of July , the two steamers arrived at New Orleans , where , after their adventurous cruise and long ab ...
... ment of the batteries , during the un- successful attempts of General Banks to carry the enemy's works by assault . On the 11th of July , the two steamers arrived at New Orleans , where , after their adventurous cruise and long ab ...
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... ment , however effective , yielded down several doors of his house , and seiz- for a time in public interest to his re - ed Mr. Vallandigham . His friends then pressive political action . The arrest rung the fire - bells and aroused a ...
... ment , however effective , yielded down several doors of his house , and seiz- for a time in public interest to his re - ed Mr. Vallandigham . His friends then pressive political action . The arrest rung the fire - bells and aroused a ...
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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