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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Page 11
... heavy rain all the day of the 9th , the march being heavy and slow on account of the felled trees obstructing the road , and the necessary repairing of bridges . At night the army again bivouacked in the November rain , and the next ...
... heavy rain all the day of the 9th , the march being heavy and slow on account of the felled trees obstructing the road , and the necessary repairing of bridges . At night the army again bivouacked in the November rain , and the next ...
Page 14
... heavy loss . The enemy now began crossing by regiments , and moving about on my right and left flanks . Three companies of Colonel Marmaduke's ( First Arkansas ) bat- talion were thrown out as skirmishers on my left , en- gaged the ...
... heavy loss . The enemy now began crossing by regiments , and moving about on my right and left flanks . Three companies of Colonel Marmaduke's ( First Arkansas ) bat- talion were thrown out as skirmishers on my left , en- gaged the ...
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... heavy blow to the enemy , and caused them great discouragement . They had been not only driven from the disputed ground of Kentucky , but so broken and scattered as to be hardly capable of making a stand on the bor- ders of Tennessee ...
... heavy blow to the enemy , and caused them great discouragement . They had been not only driven from the disputed ground of Kentucky , but so broken and scattered as to be hardly capable of making a stand on the bor- ders of Tennessee ...
Page 36
... heavy ordnance , some 12,000 stand of small - arms , and a considerable amount of ammunition and provisions fell into the hands of the victors . After the capture , two regiments of the enemy , supposing that the works were still in ...
... heavy ordnance , some 12,000 stand of small - arms , and a considerable amount of ammunition and provisions fell into the hands of the victors . After the capture , two regiments of the enemy , supposing that the works were still in ...
Page 41
... heavy artillery . In all I computed that a month ago there could not have been less than one hun- dred and thirty pieces of artillery , of the calibre of twenty - four pounders and soldiers , made a dashing reconnoissance with a tug ...
... heavy artillery . In all I computed that a month ago there could not have been less than one hun- dred and thirty pieces of artillery , of the calibre of twenty - four pounders and soldiers , made a dashing reconnoissance with a tug ...
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