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, Volumen2O.D. Case and Company, 1866 |
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... farther down , and pushed across a battery at a point which enabled it to draw the fire of the Rebel artillery . This movement , being unsuspected and unperceived by the enemy , was en- tirely successful ; and , before the Reb- els had ...
... farther down , and pushed across a battery at a point which enabled it to draw the fire of the Rebel artillery . This movement , being unsuspected and unperceived by the enemy , was en- tirely successful ; and , before the Reb- els had ...
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... farther inland , within cannon - shot t ; the country rolling to the bluffs of the Tennessee : some of the hills midway having an elevation of about 300 feet . Deep ravines , with steep , rocky sides , especially near the bluffs of the ...
... farther inland , within cannon - shot t ; the country rolling to the bluffs of the Tennessee : some of the hills midway having an elevation of about 300 feet . Deep ravines , with steep , rocky sides , especially near the bluffs of the ...
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... farther is the road - crossing known as Monterey , where there were half - a - dozen houses . The re- gion is thinly and recently settled ; still mainly covered by the primitive forest ; gently rolling , and traversed by a number of ...
... farther is the road - crossing known as Monterey , where there were half - a - dozen houses . The re- gion is thinly and recently settled ; still mainly covered by the primitive forest ; gently rolling , and traversed by a number of ...
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... farther . A deep , rapid river in its himself a workman who needed not rear could only be crossed with the to be ashamed . There was loss of half its remaining men " and virtue inherent in those 22 guns , and every thing beside . Of its ...
... farther . A deep , rapid river in its himself a workman who needed not rear could only be crossed with the to be ashamed . There was loss of half its remaining men " and virtue inherent in those 22 guns , and every thing beside . Of its ...
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... farther and farther back , in order to be out of the reach of our shells ; and all through the night , at intervals of 10 to 15 minutes , the gunboats continued to send their compliments into the Rebel lines , as if the pouring rain ...
... farther and farther back , in order to be out of the reach of our shells ; and all through the night , at intervals of 10 to 15 minutes , the gunboats continued to send their compliments into the Rebel lines , as if the pouring rain ...
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