A complete history of the great rebellion; or, The civil war in the United States 1861-1865 |
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... reached - Battle of Griswoldville - Millen- Defeat of Wheeler at Waynesboro - Sherman's march to Sa- vannah - Capture of Fort McAllister - Savannah evacuated— Sherman enters the city - Thomas's campaign to Nashville— Utter defeat of ...
... reached - Battle of Griswoldville - Millen- Defeat of Wheeler at Waynesboro - Sherman's march to Sa- vannah - Capture of Fort McAllister - Savannah evacuated— Sherman enters the city - Thomas's campaign to Nashville— Utter defeat of ...
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... reached Baltimore on the 19th of April , and proceeded to the farther depot in eleven cars , drawn by horses . An attack was made on them by the mob , who , with dreadful yells and curses , rained a shower of brickbats , stones , and ...
... reached Baltimore on the 19th of April , and proceeded to the farther depot in eleven cars , drawn by horses . An attack was made on them by the mob , who , with dreadful yells and curses , rained a shower of brickbats , stones , and ...
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... reached New York the seventh regiment took forty - eight rounds of cartridges to clear a passage , and their example was followed by other regiments . A bloody battle in the streets of Baltimore was expected , and the commander - in ...
... reached New York the seventh regiment took forty - eight rounds of cartridges to clear a passage , and their example was followed by other regiments . A bloody battle in the streets of Baltimore was expected , and the commander - in ...
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... reached were strengthened- Fort McHenry , at Baltimore ; Fortress Monroe , in Vir- ginia , and Pickens , at Pensacola . Maryland remained in the Union . Missouri now threatened to be the theatre for intestine war . St. Louis was loyal ...
... reached were strengthened- Fort McHenry , at Baltimore ; Fortress Monroe , in Vir- ginia , and Pickens , at Pensacola . Maryland remained in the Union . Missouri now threatened to be the theatre for intestine war . St. Louis was loyal ...
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... reached . Colonel Kelly was to make an attack in the rear , and Colonel Lander in front . Colonel Kelly , however , was un- able to be up in time , and Lander waited in darkness until the approach of day made him known to the enemy ...
... reached . Colonel Kelly was to make an attack in the rear , and Colonel Lander in front . Colonel Kelly , however , was un- able to be up in time , and Lander waited in darkness until the approach of day made him known to the enemy ...
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Seite 292 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Seite 446 - I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Seite 292 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Seite 418 - We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Seite 369 - ... general officers ; at least ten thousand killed and wounded, and among the killed, Generals Tracy, Tilghman, and Green ; and hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of stragglers, who can never be collected and reorganized. Arms and munitions of war for an army of sixty thousand men have fallen into our hands, besides a large amount of other public property, consisting of railroads, locomotives, cars, steamboats, cotton, &c., and much was destroyed to prevent our capturing it.
Seite 460 - In this reconnoissance we captured and held the enemy's works near Poplar Spring Church. In the afternoon, troops moving to get to the left of the point gained were attacked by the enemy in heavy force, and compelled to fall back until supported by the forces holding the captured works. Our cavalry under Gregg was also attacked, but repulsed the enemy with great loss.
Seite 497 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Seite 191 - I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies.
Seite 465 - On the 13th a reconnoissance was sent out by General Butler, with a view to drive the enemy from some new works he was constructing, which resulted in very heavy loss to us. On the 27th the Army of the Potomac, leaving only sufficient men to hold its fortified line, moved by the enemy's right flank. The...
Seite 494 - Burkesville, and destroy it to some extent. I would not advise much detention, however, until you reach the Danville Road, which I would like you to strike as near to the Appomattox as possible. Make your destruction on that road as complete as possible. You can then pass on to the South Side Road, west of Burkesville, and destroy that in like manner.