The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: 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, 1867 |
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... abatis encircling all . It was defended by Gen. Lloyd Tilghman , of Kentucky , with 2,600 men . To Brig . - Gen . U. S. Grant , of Illi- nois , was assigned the task of its reduction , with the powerful aid of Commodore A. H. Foote and ...
... abatis encircling all . It was defended by Gen. Lloyd Tilghman , of Kentucky , with 2,600 men . To Brig . - Gen . U. S. Grant , of Illi- nois , was assigned the task of its reduction , with the powerful aid of Commodore A. H. Foote and ...
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... abatis in good part surrounded the fortress landward , rendering assault at many points all but impracticable . 15 FORT DONELSON - two miles below Dover , where the Cumberland makes a short bend westward from its northerly course - was ...
... abatis in good part surrounded the fortress landward , rendering assault at many points all but impracticable . 15 FORT DONELSON - two miles below Dover , where the Cumberland makes a short bend westward from its northerly course - was ...
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... abatis , here so easily made , covered and protected our front ; no recon- noitering parties were thrown for- ward to watch for and report an ad- vance of the enemy ; and even the 56 41 Agate " [ Whitelaw Reid ] , of the Cincin- nati ...
... abatis , here so easily made , covered and protected our front ; no recon- noitering parties were thrown for- ward to watch for and report an ad- vance of the enemy ; and even the 56 41 Agate " [ Whitelaw Reid ] , of the Cincin- nati ...
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... abatis . Gen. Halleck saw fit not to flank these for- midable defenses , but to overcome them by regular and necessarily slow approaches , involving constant and mutual artillery practice and picket fighting , with very little loss ...
... abatis . Gen. Halleck saw fit not to flank these for- midable defenses , but to overcome them by regular and necessarily slow approaches , involving constant and mutual artillery practice and picket fighting , with very little loss ...
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... abatis and a moat , and mounting 10 guns ; battery Huger , on Weir's Point , farther north , had likewise 10 guns ; battery Blanchard , mid- way , but 4. The swampy nature of the approaches , covered with thick ets of shrubs and bushes ...
... abatis and a moat , and mounting 10 guns ; battery Huger , on Weir's Point , farther north , had likewise 10 guns ; battery Blanchard , mid- way , but 4. The swampy nature of the approaches , covered with thick ets of shrubs and bushes ...
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