The Twelve Decisive Battles of the War: A History of the Easternand Western Campaigns, in Relation to the Actions that Decided Their IssueDiek & Fitzgerald, 1871 - 520 pages |
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... eight hundred regulars on the hill oppo- site the one surmounted by the Henry house , to cover as well as he might the confused retreat . The news of Kirby Smith's arrival had spread as quickly 40 THE TWELVE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR .
... eight hundred regulars on the hill oppo- site the one surmounted by the Henry house , to cover as well as he might the confused retreat . The news of Kirby Smith's arrival had spread as quickly 40 THE TWELVE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR .
Page 67
... hill near the town of Dover , and enclosing nearly a hundred acres ; while on the hill - side , riverward , were two powerful water - batteries , with an armament of eight 32 - pounders , three 32 - pounder carronades , one 10 - inch ...
... hill near the town of Dover , and enclosing nearly a hundred acres ; while on the hill - side , riverward , were two powerful water - batteries , with an armament of eight 32 - pounders , three 32 - pounder carronades , one 10 - inch ...
Page 68
... hills around the work . When , however , it was seen that attack was imminent , the Confederates hastened to anticipate possession of this ground and drew thereon a line of infantry- cover consisting of earthworks , rifle - trenches ...
... hills around the work . When , however , it was seen that attack was imminent , the Confederates hastened to anticipate possession of this ground and drew thereon a line of infantry- cover consisting of earthworks , rifle - trenches ...
Page 75
... hill in rear of his own line , bringing unmis- takable tokens of disaster . Seeing now how critical the sit- uation was , Wallace promptly put in motion his remaining brigade under Colonel Thayer . The movement was made by the right ...
... hill in rear of his own line , bringing unmis- takable tokens of disaster . Seeing now how critical the sit- uation was , Wallace promptly put in motion his remaining brigade under Colonel Thayer . The movement was made by the right ...
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... hills , involving works of at least twenty miles in extent , the capital of Tennessee was untenable by a less force than fifty thousand men . There was no alternative : Johnston abandoned Nashville amid the wildest panic and terror of ...
... hills , involving works of at least twenty miles in extent , the capital of Tennessee was untenable by a less force than fifty thousand men . There was no alternative : Johnston abandoned Nashville amid the wildest panic and terror of ...
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advance Antietam artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries battle Beauregard Bragg bridge brigade Buell Bull Run campaign camps captured cavalry centre Chattanooga column Confederacy Confederate army Corinth corps Creek crossed Culp's Hill Cumberland D. H. Hill defence division Donelson east enemy enemy's field fight fire Five Forks fleet Ford Fort Donelson Fort Henry forward front garrison Gettysburg Grant gun-boats guns Hampton Roads Harper's Ferry Hill Hood Hood's hundred infantry intrenched Jackson Johnston latter Lee's Longstreet manœuvre McClellan McClernand meanwhile Merrimac miles military Mississippi morning Mountain moved movement Murfreesboro Nashville night North numbers o'clock offensive officers operations passed Pemberton pike position Potomac railroad rear regiments repulse retreat Richmond Ridge river road Rosecrans Schofield Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman Shiloh side skirmish South success Tennessee Thomas thousand tion turnpike Union army Union force Union troops valley Vicksburg victory Virginia whole woods Yazoo
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Page 170 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth its hands to the government.
Page 170 - midsummer, 1862. Things had gone on from bad to worse, until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing, that we had about played our last card and must change our tactics or lose the game!
Page 310 - Upon the suggestion of the former officer that he could damage the enemy and delay his passage of the river by getting in his rear, he was authorized to do so, and it was left to his discretion whether to enter Maryland east or west of the Blue Ridge ; but he was instructed to lose no time in placing his command on the right of our column as soon as he should perceive the enemy moving northward.
Page 412 - His preparations were immediately made, and when the place surrendered on the 4th, two days earlier than I had fixed for the attack, Sherman was found ready, and moved at once, with a force increased by the remainder of both the thirteenth and fifteenth army corps, and is at present investing Jackson, where Johnston has made a stand.
Page 287 - McClernand was caused, no doubt, by the enemy presenting a front of artillery and infantry, where it was impossible, from the nature of the ground and the density of the forest, to discover his numbers. As it was, the battle of Champion's Hill, or Baker's Creek, was fought mainly by Hovey's division of McClernand's corps, and Logan's and Quimby's divisions (the latter commanded by Brigadier-General MM Crocker) of McPherson's corps.
Page 461 - Whose blood and judgment are so well co-mingled That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 241 - ... and was informed by my marine officer, who was stationed on the poop, that at least fifty solid shot struck her on her slanting side without producing any apparent effect. By the time she had fired her third shell the little Monitor had come down upon her, placing herself between us, and compelled her to change her position, in doing which she grounded, and again I poured into her all the guns which could be brought to bear upon her. As soon as she got off she stood down the bay, the little battery...
Page 143 - The condition of Maryland encouraged the belief that the presence of our army, however inferior to that of the enemy, would induce the Washington Government to retain all its available force to provide against contingencies which its course toward the people of that State gave it reason to apprehend.
Page 404 - That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war...
Page 170 - ... card, and must change our tactics, or lose the game! I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy; and, without consultation with, or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious thought, called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject. This was the last of July, or the first part of the month of August, 1862.