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... fell into the enemy's hands . There was no flagstaff at Fort Pickens ; but the Union colors were at once hung out over the northwest bastion , in full view of the shore , while the Supply and Wyandotte , the only naval vessels in the ...
... fell into the enemy's hands . There was no flagstaff at Fort Pickens ; but the Union colors were at once hung out over the northwest bastion , in full view of the shore , while the Supply and Wyandotte , the only naval vessels in the ...
Page 17
... fell into enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not a ship , not a train , came into Washington . At last , on the twenty - fifth , the Seventh New York got through ...
... fell into enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not a ship , not a train , came into Washington . At last , on the twenty - fifth , the Seventh New York got through ...
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... fell back be- yond the ford . The Federal brigade followed on ; when suddenly sharp volleys took it in front and flank . The opposing brigade , under Longstreet ( of whom we shall often hear again ) , had lain con- cealed and sprung its ...
... fell back be- yond the ford . The Federal brigade followed on ; when suddenly sharp volleys took it in front and flank . The opposing brigade , under Longstreet ( of whom we shall often hear again ) , had lain con- cealed and sprung its ...
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... of the James . Thus fell the last silk dress , a queer tribute to Northern sea - power ! Northern sea- power also cut off nearly everything the sick and wounded needed ; which raised the death rate of the THE COMBATANTS 63.
... of the James . Thus fell the last silk dress , a queer tribute to Northern sea - power ! Northern sea- power also cut off nearly everything the sick and wounded needed ; which raised the death rate of the THE COMBATANTS 63.
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... fell to the Federals on the eleventh of April . Within another month Florida was even more hardly hit when the pressure of the Union fleet and army on Virginia compelled the South to use as reinforcements the garrison that had held ...
... fell to the Federals on the eleventh of April . Within another month Florida was even more hardly hit when the pressure of the Union fleet and army on Virginia compelled the South to use as reinforcements the garrison that had held ...
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