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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Page 28
... whole ground , of which his oppo- nent was ignorant , was familiar to the inquiring mind of Beauregard , who been occupying his camp , and intrench- ing it so far as he thought necessary , since the latter part of May . There was ...
... whole ground , of which his oppo- nent was ignorant , was familiar to the inquiring mind of Beauregard , who been occupying his camp , and intrench- ing it so far as he thought necessary , since the latter part of May . There was ...
Page 39
... whole length of the turnpike , and seizing the country adjoin- ing . Then McDowell , ordering Schenck's fresh brigade across Stone Bridge to turn the Confederate right , prepared to make what might yet prove a final and triumphant ...
... whole length of the turnpike , and seizing the country adjoin- ing . Then McDowell , ordering Schenck's fresh brigade across Stone Bridge to turn the Confederate right , prepared to make what might yet prove a final and triumphant ...
Page 41
... whole army rose and pressed forward in pursuit . But the work was al- ready entirely over , and , save an exchange of shots with Sykes's sullen and stubborn handful of regulars , as they closed in behind the beaten army , nothing ...
... whole army rose and pressed forward in pursuit . But the work was al- ready entirely over , and , save an exchange of shots with Sykes's sullen and stubborn handful of regulars , as they closed in behind the beaten army , nothing ...
Page 42
... whole army . On the heights , however , he remained , and there Schenck's brigade , too , of Tyler's division , being tolerably uninjured , and the handful of cavalry were drawn up to check the expected pursuit . Howbeit no pursuit of ...
... whole army . On the heights , however , he remained , and there Schenck's brigade , too , of Tyler's division , being tolerably uninjured , and the handful of cavalry were drawn up to check the expected pursuit . Howbeit no pursuit of ...
Page 46
... whole body marched off with- out attempt at organization , talking over the causes of their defeat , and many deliberately dropping the accoutrements , and even the guns for which they had decided there could be no further use . The ...
... whole body marched off with- out attempt at organization , talking over the causes of their defeat , and many deliberately dropping the accoutrements , and even the guns for which they had decided there could be no further use . The ...
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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