American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... batteries were established which could play upon the fortifications of Chapultepec . The bom- bardment commenced early on the morning of the 12th , but there was no further engagement during this day than that of the artillery . Gen ...
... batteries were established which could play upon the fortifications of Chapultepec . The bom- bardment commenced early on the morning of the 12th , but there was no further engagement during this day than that of the artillery . Gen ...
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... batteries . About eight o'clock in the morning of the 13th , judging that the time had arrived , by the effect of the missiles we had thrown , I sent an aid - de - camp to Pillow , and another to Quitman , with notice that the concerted ...
... batteries . About eight o'clock in the morning of the 13th , judging that the time had arrived , by the effect of the missiles we had thrown , I sent an aid - de - camp to Pillow , and another to Quitman , with notice that the concerted ...
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... batteries in this suburb . According to my instructions , he here posted guards and sentinels , and placed his troops under shelter for the night . There was but one more obstacle ( custom - house ) between him and the great square in ...
... batteries in this suburb . According to my instructions , he here posted guards and sentinels , and placed his troops under shelter for the night . There was but one more obstacle ( custom - house ) between him and the great square in ...
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... battery of two guns , and then the gate , before two o'clock in the after- noon , but not without proportionate loss , increased by his steady maintenance of that position . . - Quitman , within the city - adding several new defences to ...
... battery of two guns , and then the gate , before two o'clock in the after- noon , but not without proportionate loss , increased by his steady maintenance of that position . . - Quitman , within the city - adding several new defences to ...
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... batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from this time . We have the honor to be , very respectfully , your obedient ... batteries . ... At 7 a.m. the guns of Fort Sumter replied , the first shot being fired from the battery at the right ...
... batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from this time . We have the honor to be , very respectfully , your obedient ... batteries . ... At 7 a.m. the guns of Fort Sumter replied , the first shot being fired from the battery at the right ...
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