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Page 29
... presently see ; but this was only the breaking of the last Confeder- ate waves . As a State , Missouri was lost to the South already . In Kentucky , the next border State , opinions were likewise divided ; and Kentuckians fought each ...
... presently see ; but this was only the breaking of the last Confeder- ate waves . As a State , Missouri was lost to the South already . In Kentucky , the next border State , opinions were likewise divided ; and Kentuckians fought each ...
Page 45
... presently see , it was nearly two whole days before the last of Johnston's bri- gades arrived , just in time for the crisis of the battle . When Johnston had joined Beauregard their united effective total was thirty thousand men . There ...
... presently see , it was nearly two whole days before the last of Johnston's bri- gades arrived , just in time for the crisis of the battle . When Johnston had joined Beauregard their united effective total was thirty thousand men . There ...
Page 135
... Presently the Pittsburgh swung round , ran foul of the Carondelet , and dropped down- stream . The pilot of the St. Louis was killed , and Foote , who stood beside him , wounded . The wheel - ropes of the St. Louis , like those of the ...
... Presently the Pittsburgh swung round , ran foul of the Carondelet , and dropped down- stream . The pilot of the St. Louis was killed , and Foote , who stood beside him , wounded . The wheel - ropes of the St. Louis , like those of the ...
Page 149
... presently met and drove in the vanguard of the first Confederate line of assault . The Confederate center soon came up , overwhelmed this advanced battalion , and burst like a storm on the whole of Prentiss's division . Then , above the ...
... presently met and drove in the vanguard of the first Confederate line of assault . The Confederate center soon came up , overwhelmed this advanced battalion , and burst like a storm on the whole of Prentiss's division . Then , above the ...
Page 159
... presently see ; though Hal- leck had declared that Pope's operations at Island Number Ten were destined to immortal fame , and Pope himself admitted his own greatness in sundry proclamations to the world . The campaign now entered its ...
... presently see ; though Hal- leck had declared that Pope's operations at Island Number Ten were destined to immortal fame , and Pope himself admitted his own greatness in sundry proclamations to the world . The campaign now entered its ...
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