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 2Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 680 pages |
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... eight miles distant . When about eight miles beyond Preston- burg , the mounted picket guards of the enemy were discovered and put to flight . The road along which our forces now advanced was but seven feet wide , and cut in the side of ...
... eight miles distant . When about eight miles beyond Preston- burg , the mounted picket guards of the enemy were discovered and put to flight . The road along which our forces now advanced was but seven feet wide , and cut in the side of ...
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... eight o'clock A.M. , on the 17th inst . , I moved toward Woodsonville for the purpose of breaking up the railroad from the vicinity of that place southward . My force consisted of 1,100 infantry and four pieces of artil- lery . When ...
... eight o'clock A.M. , on the 17th inst . , I moved toward Woodsonville for the purpose of breaking up the railroad from the vicinity of that place southward . My force consisted of 1,100 infantry and four pieces of artil- lery . When ...
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... eight o'clock , and at one o'clock P.M. , " wrote Colonel Garfield in his report , we engaged his force of 2,500 , 10 . 66 This morning we found twenty - seven of his dead on the field . His killed can- not be less than sixty . We have ...
... eight o'clock , and at one o'clock P.M. , " wrote Colonel Garfield in his report , we engaged his force of 2,500 , 10 . 66 This morning we found twenty - seven of his dead on the field . His killed can- not be less than sixty . We have ...
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... eight to ten thousand men - from Columbia , and of a large force from Somerset , evidently with a view to storm our in- trenchments . The result may be im- agined had this been attempted ; for we were without suitable means of trans ...
... eight to ten thousand men - from Columbia , and of a large force from Somerset , evidently with a view to storm our in- trenchments . The result may be im- agined had this been attempted ; for we were without suitable means of trans ...
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... eight pounder , eight or ten thirty - two pounders , four twelve pounders , and other powerful guns . To the fort were attached barracks and an encampment capable of accommodating fifteen thousand men . Brigadier - Gen- eral Tilghman ...
... eight pounder , eight or ten thirty - two pounders , four twelve pounders , and other powerful guns . To the fort were attached barracks and an encampment capable of accommodating fifteen thousand men . Brigadier - Gen- eral Tilghman ...
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