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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Page 118
... side . " The enemy at last took refuge behind an intrenched battery , four miles from the ford , flanked by rifle - pits and abattis . General Averill , having accom- plished his object , and securing his prisoners , the wounded on both ...
... side . " The enemy at last took refuge behind an intrenched battery , four miles from the ford , flanked by rifle - pits and abattis . General Averill , having accom- plished his object , and securing his prisoners , the wounded on both ...
Page 124
... side , all of our troops who remain- ed at this point on the north side of the river were sent across and began to take up positions . But there was so much change in these positions , that it was midnight before the men were in their ...
... side , all of our troops who remain- ed at this point on the north side of the river were sent across and began to take up positions . But there was so much change in these positions , that it was midnight before the men were in their ...
Page 128
... side . " To the left ( our left ) of this position was an open ploughed field , on the farther side of which were the stone walls . To the right was an open green plain , and here there were no pits at the foot of the hill ; so the way ...
... side . " To the left ( our left ) of this position was an open ploughed field , on the farther side of which were the stone walls . To the right was an open green plain , and here there were no pits at the foot of the hill ; so the way ...
Page 129
... side of the road into Lee's forces were thus , by this success of General Sedgwick , placed between two portions of the Union army , sepa- rated from each other by a distance of ten miles . This position , however , was entirely in ...
... side of the road into Lee's forces were thus , by this success of General Sedgwick , placed between two portions of the Union army , sepa- rated from each other by a distance of ten miles . This position , however , was entirely in ...
Page 141
... side . Two couriers were killed . Major Pendleton and Lieutenants Morrison and Smith escaped uninjured . General Jackson was immediately placed on a litter , and started for the rear . The fighting attracted the attention of the enemy ...
... side . Two couriers were killed . Major Pendleton and Lieutenants Morrison and Smith escaped uninjured . General Jackson was immediately placed on a litter , and started for the rear . The fighting attracted the attention of the enemy ...
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