The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65 ; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results ; Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 2O.D. Case and Company, 1866 - Slavery |
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... artillery and means of transportation were to be given up , while they , with their small arms , should proceed by water to any point outside of Texas ; but these condi- tions , though made by a traitor in Federal uniform with fellow ...
... artillery and means of transportation were to be given up , while they , with their small arms , should proceed by water to any point outside of Texas ; but these condi- tions , though made by a traitor in Federal uniform with fellow ...
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... artillery in the road and open- ed a heavy fire on the Rebel masses just at hand , while , of his infantry , the 2d Missouri plunged into the Gen. Curtis , with Asboth's divi- fight . The fire on both sides was sion , reached Elkhorn at ...
... artillery in the road and open- ed a heavy fire on the Rebel masses just at hand , while , of his infantry , the 2d Missouri plunged into the Gen. Curtis , with Asboth's divi- fight . The fire on both sides was sion , reached Elkhorn at ...
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... artillery . He estimates the Rebel force in battle at 30,000 , including 5,000 Indians . " Pollard says , " Van Dorn's whole force was about 16,000 men . " But now our whole army was 14 The Richmond Whig of April 9th , 1862 , has a ...
... artillery . He estimates the Rebel force in battle at 30,000 , including 5,000 Indians . " Pollard says , " Van Dorn's whole force was about 16,000 men . " But now our whole army was 14 The Richmond Whig of April 9th , 1862 , has a ...
Page 37
... artillery , the Rebels fled without resistance , and were chased 30 miles into Arkansas . It appeared that , though in great numbers , they were badly armed , many of them not at all ; having been sorely disappointed by the capture of a ...
... artillery , the Rebels fled without resistance , and were chased 30 miles into Arkansas . It appeared that , though in great numbers , they were badly armed , many of them not at all ; having been sorely disappointed by the capture of a ...
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... artillery strongly posted on a high , wooded ridge , three - quarters of a mile distant ; their numbers con- cealed by the timber and thick un- derbrush . Sending across a light battery , which was instantly driven back , he , while ...
... artillery strongly posted on a high , wooded ridge , three - quarters of a mile distant ; their numbers con- cealed by the timber and thick un- derbrush . Sending across a light battery , which was instantly driven back , he , while ...
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