History of the Civil War in America: book 1. The war on the Rapidan. book 2. The Mississippi. book 3. Pennsylvania. book 4. The third winterPorter & Coates, 1883 |
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... Wood's Creek . - Combat at Hartville . - Retreat of both parties.— Combat at Fayetteville , April 18. - Marmaduke captures Fredericktown on the 21st . — He is repulsed by McNeil before Cape Girardeau . — His retreat across the swamps ...
... Wood's Creek . - Combat at Hartville . - Retreat of both parties.— Combat at Fayetteville , April 18. - Marmaduke captures Fredericktown on the 21st . — He is repulsed by McNeil before Cape Girardeau . — His retreat across the swamps ...
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... woods . Accordingly , they were yet at a distance of about a mile and one - third from Kelly's Ford when they found ... wood lay a quantity of fallow lands which separated them from the heads of the Confederate columns . Lee , believing ...
... woods . Accordingly , they were yet at a distance of about a mile and one - third from Kelly's Ford when they found ... wood lay a quantity of fallow lands which separated them from the heads of the Confederate columns . Lee , believing ...
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... woods . It occupies an elevated pebbly plateau ; its soil is sterile , but rich in oxide of iron , deeply guttered by ... wood , who gave his name to the county of Spotsylvania , the iron ores of this locality have been worked openly ...
... woods . It occupies an elevated pebbly plateau ; its soil is sterile , but rich in oxide of iron , deeply guttered by ... wood , who gave his name to the county of Spotsylvania , the iron ores of this locality have been worked openly ...
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... wood of such density that they emerge from it with their clothes torn to tatters ; joining their skirmishers , they rush at once upon all the points of the line occupied by the brigade of Gilsa . The Federals defend themselves as well ...
... wood of such density that they emerge from it with their clothes torn to tatters ; joining their skirmishers , they rush at once upon all the points of the line occupied by the brigade of Gilsa . The Federals defend themselves as well ...
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... wood which faces south , are the bivouacs of Howard's third division , under Stein- wehr ; but Barlow having gone to the assistance of Sickles near the Welford Furnace with one of his two brigades , there is only one left to occupy this ...
... wood which faces south , are the bivouacs of Howard's third division , under Stein- wehr ; but Barlow having gone to the assistance of Sickles near the Welford Furnace with one of his two brigades , there is only one left to occupy this ...
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