Battles for the Union: Comprising Descriptions of Many of the Most Stubbornly Contested Battles in the War of the Great Rebellion, Together with Incidents and Reminiscences of the Camp, the March, and the Skirmish Line. Embracing a Record of the Privations, Heroic Deeds, and Glorious Triumphs of the Soldiers of the RepublicDustin, Gilman & Company, 1875 - 407 páginas |
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... rushing pell mell across the War- renton Turnpike to the fords at which they had crossed in the morning , completely indifferent to the com- mands of their officers . As our retreating columns approached Bull Run the miscellaneous crowd ...
... rushing pell mell across the War- renton Turnpike to the fords at which they had crossed in the morning , completely indifferent to the com- mands of their officers . As our retreating columns approached Bull Run the miscellaneous crowd ...
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... rushing on . Colonel Sigel himself narrowly escaped capture in his efforts to arrest the rout . After this disaster it was impossible for Sigel to join Lyon with the rem- nant of his command , the enemy occupying the only road by which ...
... rushing on . Colonel Sigel himself narrowly escaped capture in his efforts to arrest the rout . After this disaster it was impossible for Sigel to join Lyon with the rem- nant of his command , the enemy occupying the only road by which ...
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... rushed , for God and Liberty ; and in another moment the foe were dis- persed like dust by the gale . The victory was cntire ; this division of the Rebels could rally no more ; the army was saved ; but Lyon was dead ! Two bullets had ...
... rushed , for God and Liberty ; and in another moment the foe were dis- persed like dust by the gale . The victory was cntire ; this division of the Rebels could rally no more ; the army was saved ; but Lyon was dead ! Two bullets had ...
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... rushed to the fray with savage war - whoops and hideous yells , and the cleft skulls lying in pools of blood after the battle , showed that their barbarian mode of war- fare had not been forgotten . McCulloch met his fate on the first ...
... rushed to the fray with savage war - whoops and hideous yells , and the cleft skulls lying in pools of blood after the battle , showed that their barbarian mode of war- fare had not been forgotten . McCulloch met his fate on the first ...
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... rushing upon her , struck her amidships , inflicting a death blow . Then , reversing her engine , she went back and making a second plunge , again struck the Cumberland in the same place , crushing through the whole side of the ship ...
... rushing upon her , struck her amidships , inflicting a death blow . Then , reversing her engine , she went back and making a second plunge , again struck the Cumberland in the same place , crushing through the whole side of the ship ...
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advance arms arrived artillery assault attack bank batteries Brandy Station brave brigade Bull Run Burnside camp captured cavalry Centreville charge Colonel column command Confederate contest Corinth Corps Cox's Bridge Creek crossed dark dashed dead desperate division driven enemy enemy's engagement Federal fell back field fight fire flag flank force Fort Fisher Fort Pillow Fort Sumter Fort Wagner forward front ground guns Harris Light heavy Heintzelman hill Hooker horse infantry killed and wounded Kilpatrick large number line of battle loss Meade Merrimac miles morning Morris Island movement night o'clock occupied officers pickets Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed ranks Rappahannock rear Rebel reënforcements regiments repulse retired retreat river road Rosecrans rushed sent shell Sheridan Sherman shot side Sigel skirmishers soldiers soon Stonewall Jackson storm Sumter surrender swept terrible thousand tion Union army Union troops victory Virginia Warrenton Turnpike woods
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Página 374 - The heart of the steed, and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to be where the battle-field calls; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind, And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire.
Página 406 - HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, " ' April 9, 1865. " ' GENERAL, — I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General. "
Página 405 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Página 236 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Página 396 - The enemy were driven from their strong line of works and completely routed, the Fifth Corps doubling up their left flank in confusion; and the cavalry of General Merritt dashing on to the White Oak road, capturing their artillery and turning it upon them, and riding into their broken ranks, so demoralized them that they made no serious stand after their line was carried, but took to flight in disorder.
Página 276 - Our task is not yet accomplished, and the commanding general looks to the army for greater efforts to drive from our soil every vestige of the presence of the invader...
Página 184 - We fought a terrific battle here yesterday with the combined * forces of the enemy, which lasted with - continuous fury from daylight until dark, by which time the enemy was driven from the field, which we now occupy.
Página 373 - But there is a road from Winchester town, A good broad highway leading down; And there, through the flush of the morning light A steed as black as the steeds of night Was seen to pass as with eagle flight, As if he knew the terrible need; He stretched away with his utmost speed, Hills rose and fell, but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away.
Página 405 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Página 185 - I have been instructed by Gen. McClellan to inform you that he will have all the available wagons at Alexandria loaded with rations for your troops, and all the cars also, as soon as you will send in a cavalry escort to Alexandria as a guard to the train. Respectfully, WB FRANKLIN, Major-General commanding Sixth Corps. " Such a letter/