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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... but seven feet wide , and cut in the side of a high mountain . This mountain , covered with brushwood , end- ed in a steep ridge at Ivy Creek , which took possession of the town , fording the river on 10 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
... but seven feet wide , and cut in the side of a high mountain . This mountain , covered with brushwood , end- ed in a steep ridge at Ivy Creek , which took possession of the town , fording the river on 10 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
Page 14
... took position to meet the enemy , if disposed to advance . There being no indi- cations of such an intention , I returned to my camp here , reaching this place at eight o'clock P.M. My loss in this affair was as follows : Killed ...
... took position to meet the enemy , if disposed to advance . There being no indi- cations of such an intention , I returned to my camp here , reaching this place at eight o'clock P.M. My loss in this affair was as follows : Killed ...
Page 26
... took part in several engagements , he was pro- moted to a brigadier - generalship , and placed in command at Cairo . His enter- prise and spirit as a leader were shown in the severe struggle at Belmont . There will soon be occasion to ...
... took part in several engagements , he was pro- moted to a brigadier - generalship , and placed in command at Cairo . His enter- prise and spirit as a leader were shown in the severe struggle at Belmont . There will soon be occasion to ...
Page 51
... took a route leading to the rear of the Unionists ' position on Sugar Creek . Leaving the main road at Fayetteville , he passed to the westward , and traversing Bentonville , went northward nearly to the Missouri boundary . Here he took ...
... took a route leading to the rear of the Unionists ' position on Sugar Creek . Leaving the main road at Fayetteville , he passed to the westward , and traversing Bentonville , went northward nearly to the Missouri boundary . Here he took ...
Page 52
... took posi- chronicler before quoted , " killing two tion on the left of the road . In front of men and wounding five others . An- them the ground descended to a dry other struck in the yard , in the rear of ravine , and the opposite ...
... took posi- chronicler before quoted , " killing two tion on the left of the road . In front of men and wounding five others . An- them the ground descended to a dry other struck in the yard , in the rear of ravine , and the opposite ...
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A. P. Hill Acting Master advance Arkansas arms army arrived artillery attack Banks batteries battle boats bridge brigade Brigadier-General Burnside camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Colonel command Confederate Corinth corps Creek crossed defence destroyed direction division eight enemy enemy's engaged eral Federal fell field fight fire flag flank fleet force forts forward Fredericksburg front Government ground gun-boats guns Harper's Ferry Harriet Lane heavy hill infantry intrenchments Island Jackson James River Kentucky killed land Lieutenant loss Major-General mand Maryland Heights McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement Murfreesboro night North o'clock occupied officers Ohio opened Port Porter position Potomac prisoners railroad reached rear rebels regiments reinforcements retired retreat Richmond river road sent shell shot side skirmishers soon steamers Tennessee tion town troops Union Union army United vessels Vicksburg Virginia whole woods wounded