Captains of the Civil War1921 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 63
... closed . " You've got to leave your rations ! " - " Come out of them clothes ! " - " Take off them boots , Yank ! " - " Come on , blue bellies , we want them blankets ! " It was the same in almost every kind of goods . The South made ...
... closed . " You've got to leave your rations ! " - " Come out of them clothes ! " - " Take off them boots , Yank ! " - " Come on , blue bellies , we want them blankets ! " It was the same in almost every kind of goods . The South made ...
Page 100
... Oneida - closed with the fort ( so that the gunners on both sides exchanged jeers of defiance ) and kept up a furious fire till the lighter craft astern slipped past safely and joined the Cayuga 100 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... Oneida - closed with the fort ( so that the gunners on both sides exchanged jeers of defiance ) and kept up a furious fire till the lighter craft astern slipped past safely and joined the Cayuga 100 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 102
... the head while the raft closed in and set her ablaze . Instantly the hands on fire duty sprang to their work . But the flames rushed in through the ports ; and the men were forced a step back . Farragut 102 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... the head while the raft closed in and set her ablaze . Instantly the hands on fire duty sprang to their work . But the flames rushed in through the ports ; and the men were forced a step back . Farragut 102 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 114
... . After that Commodore H. H. Bell , one of Farra- gut's best men , closed in with a grip which never let go . Yet even Bell suffered a reverse when he sent the U. S. S. Hatteras to overhaul a strange 114 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... . After that Commodore H. H. Bell , one of Farra- gut's best men , closed in with a grip which never let go . Yet even Bell suffered a reverse when he sent the U. S. S. Hatteras to overhaul a strange 114 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 121
... closed the first confused campaign on the Mississippi by at- tacking Belmont , Missouri , twenty miles down- stream from Cairo , in order to prevent the Con- federates at Columbus , Kentucky , right opposite , from sending ...
... closed the first confused campaign on the Mississippi by at- tacking Belmont , Missouri , twenty miles down- stream from Cairo , in order to prevent the Con- federates at Columbus , Kentucky , right opposite , from sending ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable arms army attack Banks battalion batteries battle Beauregard began blockade Bragg brigade Buell Bull Run campaign cavalry Charleston Chattanooga civil civilian Colonel command Confederate corps Culp's Hill defeat defense enemy Farragut Federal fighting fire flank fleet flotilla Fortress Monroe forts fought Fredericksburg Frémont front garrison Government Grant gunboats guns Halleck hand Harper's Ferry Henry Hill Hooker hundred ironclad Jackson Johnston Kearsarge knew land Lee's Lincoln Longstreet McClellan McClernand McDowell Merrimac miles military Mississippi naval navy never North Northern numbers officers Ohio orders Orleans Pope Port Hudson Potomac raid rails rear reinforcements retreat Richmond river road round sea-power sent Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman ships shot side soldiers South Southern Stanton Stonewall Jackson stood strategic Stuart Sumter supplies surrender Tennessee thousand took troops turned Union armies Union forces Valley vessels Vicksburg victory Washington West Virginia whole