The Early Life, Campaigns, and Public Services of Robert E. Lee: With a Record of the Campaigns and Heroic Deeds of His Companions in ArmsE.B. Treat & Company, 1871 - 851 pages |
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Page 84
... corps . As the morning of the 17th of September broke , the batteries of both armies opened fire , and the battle was commenced by Hooker attacking with a corps of 18,000 men on the Confederate left . Here for several hours the action ...
... corps . As the morning of the 17th of September broke , the batteries of both armies opened fire , and the battle was commenced by Hooker attacking with a corps of 18,000 men on the Confederate left . Here for several hours the action ...
Page 89
... corps of the army was thus engaged , the other insured its success by arresting , at Boonsboro , the combined armies of the enemy , advancing under their favourite General to the relief of their beleaguered comrades . own words , when ...
... corps of the army was thus engaged , the other insured its success by arresting , at Boonsboro , the combined armies of the enemy , advancing under their favourite General to the relief of their beleaguered comrades . own words , when ...
Page 91
... corps . As the morning of the 17th of September broke , the batteries of both armies opened fire , and the battle was commenced by Hooker attacking with a corps of 18,000 men on the Confederate left . Here for several hours the action ...
... corps . As the morning of the 17th of September broke , the batteries of both armies opened fire , and the battle was commenced by Hooker attacking with a corps of 18,000 men on the Confederate left . Here for several hours the action ...
Page 91
... corps , and shook the Federal line so severely that McClellan feared at one time that his centre would be broken . The retreat , however , of the enemy's infantry , unmasked the powerful artillery in the first line of woods , and the ...
... corps , and shook the Federal line so severely that McClellan feared at one time that his centre would be broken . The retreat , however , of the enemy's infantry , unmasked the powerful artillery in the first line of woods , and the ...
Page 96
... portion of Longstreet's command was sent to confront the army corps of Hooker , supposed to have been sent to the Peninsula , and to watch the movements of the enemy in the neighbourhood of Suffolk and on 96 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE .
... portion of Longstreet's command was sent to confront the army corps of Hooker , supposed to have been sent to the Peninsula , and to watch the movements of the enemy in the neighbourhood of Suffolk and on 96 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE .
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A. P. Hill action advance arms Army of Northern Army of Tennessee artillery assault attack batteries battle Beauregard Bragg Breckinridge brigade brilliant campaign captured Carolina cavalry column command Confederacy Confederate army corps D. H. Hill defence desperate division Dorn duty enemy enemy's engaged Federal army field fight fire Fitzhugh Lee flank Floyd force fought front gallant guns Hardee Harper's Ferry Hill honour horse infantry J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed Lee's Lieutenant-General Longstreet Maj.-Gen Major-General Manassas mand McClellan McLaws ment miles military Mississippi Missouri moved movement never night North Northern Virginia numbers officers organized P. G. T. BEAUREGARD Polk position Potomac President Davis prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements remarkable retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sherman soldiers South South Carolina Southern Stuart success superiour surrender tion troops Valley Vicksburg victory Washington West Point wounded