Fighting Joe HookerButternut Press, 1987 - 366 pages |
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Page 71
... fires burning in certain localities both day and night . The meaning of this activity became plain on the afternoon ... fire into the enemy positions and drew no response . To the astonishment of the onlookers in Hooker's division , it ...
... fires burning in certain localities both day and night . The meaning of this activity became plain on the afternoon ... fire into the enemy positions and drew no response . To the astonishment of the onlookers in Hooker's division , it ...
Page 84
... fire of Confederate sharpshooters - a habit he was to carry on throughout the war and one which endeared him to his men but was of little other practical value . Eventually a bullet found his horse and Hooker dismounted to examine the ...
... fire of Confederate sharpshooters - a habit he was to carry on throughout the war and one which endeared him to his men but was of little other practical value . Eventually a bullet found his horse and Hooker dismounted to examine the ...
Page 142
... fire , paid scant attention to this close call . He rode out in front of his farthest advanced troops to the south along the turnpike . It was now about nine o'clock . He had lingered for three hours in the hottest fire but was pressing ...
... fire , paid scant attention to this close call . He rode out in front of his farthest advanced troops to the south along the turnpike . It was now about nine o'clock . He had lingered for three hours in the hottest fire but was pressing ...
Contents
THE EARLY TRAINING OF A FIGHTER | 17 |
FIGURE | 20 |
CIVIL INTERLUDE IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON | 36 |
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