Third year of the war

advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries Bragg bridge brigade Brigadier-general Burnside campaign Captain captured Carolina cavalry Charleston Chattanooga Chickamauga Colonel column command Confederacy Confederate Congress corps Court-house creek crossed declared division enemy enemy's engaged Ewell's expedition federacy Federal field fight fire flank force Fort Sumter Fredericksburg front gallant garrison Georgia Grant gunboats guns heavy Hill Hill's Hindman hundred infantry Jackson Johnston killed and wounded Lee's Lieutenant-general line of battle Longstreet Lookout Mountain loss Louisiana Major-general ment miles military Missionary Ridge Mississippi morning Morris Island mountain moved movement negro night North North Carolina o'clock officers Pemberton pieces of artillery plank-road political Polk Port Hudson position prisoners railroad Rapidan rear regiments reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond Ridge river road Rosecrans Sherman side siege skirmishers soldiers South surrender Tennessee thousand tion Trans-Mississippi troops Union Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia whole Yankee