The Twelve Decisive Battles of the War: A History of the Eastern and Western Campaigns, in Relation to the Actions that Decided Their IssueDick & Fitzgerald, 1867 - 520 pages |
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advance artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries battle Beauregard Bragg bridge brigade Buell Bull Run campaign camps captured cavalry centre Chattanooga column command 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