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... flank , along the lower Chesapeake , was watched by the Con- federates Huger and Magruder . Meanwhile , as we have seen already , the West Virginian campaign was in full swing , with superior Federal forces under McClellan . Thus the ...
... flank , along the lower Chesapeake , was watched by the Con- federates Huger and Magruder . Meanwhile , as we have seen already , the West Virginian campaign was in full swing , with superior Federal forces under McClellan . Thus the ...
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... flank . The opposing brigade , under Longstreet ( of whom we shall often hear again ) , had lain con- cealed and sprung its trap quite neatly . Most of the Federals behaved extremely well under these untoward circumstances . But one ...
... flank . The opposing brigade , under Longstreet ( of whom we shall often hear again ) , had lain con- cealed and sprung its trap quite neatly . Most of the Federals behaved extremely well under these untoward circumstances . But one ...
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... flank . But the gaudy Zouaves of the outer battalion lost formation in their advance ; where- upon " Jeb " Stuart , with only a hundred and fifty horsemen , swooped down and smashed them to pieces by a daring charge . Then , just as the ...
... flank . But the gaudy Zouaves of the outer battalion lost formation in their advance ; where- upon " Jeb " Stuart , with only a hundred and fifty horsemen , swooped down and smashed them to pieces by a daring charge . Then , just as the ...
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... flank by the troops at the Stone Bridge ; for these troops , however dila- tory , must have known what to do with a broken and flying Confederate flank right under their very eyes . Premonitory symptoms of such a flight were not wanting ...
... flank by the troops at the Stone Bridge ; for these troops , however dila- tory , must have known what to do with a broken and flying Confederate flank right under their very eyes . Premonitory symptoms of such a flight were not wanting ...
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... flank . Then , like the first quiver of an avalanche , a tremor shook the whole massed Federals one moment on that fatal hill : the next , like a loosened cliff , they began the landslide down . There , in the valley , along Young's ...
... flank . Then , like the first quiver of an avalanche , a tremor shook the whole massed Federals one moment on that fatal hill : the next , like a loosened cliff , they began the landslide down . There , in the valley , along Young's ...
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