American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... 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 signal was about to be ...
... 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 signal was about to be ...
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... o'clock in the evening , Worth had carried two 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 ...
... o'clock in the evening , Worth had carried two 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 ...
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... 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 the posi- tion he had won , and sheltering his corps ...
... 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 the posi- tion he had won , and sheltering his corps ...
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... o'clock in the morning , after traveling nearly forty hours without food or water . If ever a cup of coffee and slice of bacon was relished by man , it was by me that morning , on arriving at the encampment a little after ten . We found ...
... o'clock in the morning , after traveling nearly forty hours without food or water . If ever a cup of coffee and slice of bacon was relished by man , it was by me that morning , on arriving at the encampment a little after ten . We found ...
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... o'clock . " You had better give up , " said old Mr. Gorsuch , after another while , " and come down , for I have come a long way this morning , and want my breakfast ; for my property I will have , or I'll breakfast in hell . I will go ...
... o'clock . " You had better give up , " said old Mr. Gorsuch , after another while , " and come down , for I have come a long way this morning , and want my breakfast ; for my property I will have , or I'll breakfast in hell . I will go ...
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