The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, 3. köideVirtue & Yorston, 1867 - 738 pages |
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... guns must have been quite short of horses . We followed them up through the woods for a mile , when we found the road ... gun - boats , had gone up the Atchafalaya and landed near Franklin , and attempted to come down on the enemy's rear ...
... guns must have been quite short of horses . We followed them up through the woods for a mile , when we found the road ... gun - boats , had gone up the Atchafalaya and landed near Franklin , and attempted to come down on the enemy's rear ...
Page 14
... gun - boat and four companies of infantry . We captured here the garrison of ... boats which had moved up the Bayou Teche and the Atchafalaya River were co ... gun - boats from Brashear City up the Atchafalaya River , with the view of ...
... gun - boat and four companies of infantry . We captured here the garrison of ... boats which had moved up the Bayou Teche and the Atchafalaya River were co ... gun - boats from Brashear City up the Atchafalaya River , with the view of ...
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... gun - boats and eight trans- ports destroyed . " 7 . From Opelousas , General Banks con- tinued his rapid and almost unopposed progress to Washington and Alex- May andria , on the Red River , where the enterprising Porter , with his gun- ...
... gun - boats and eight trans- ports destroyed . " 7 . From Opelousas , General Banks con- tinued his rapid and almost unopposed progress to Washington and Alex- May andria , on the Red River , where the enterprising Porter , with his gun- ...
Page 19
... guns , and a position as important as Port Hudson or Vicksburg . " Having obtained command of the western bank of the ... gun - boats . 28 . So close did the enemy appear to New Orleans , and such command had they obtained of its land ...
... guns , and a position as important as Port Hudson or Vicksburg . " Having obtained command of the western bank of the ... gun - boats . 28 . So close did the enemy appear to New Orleans , and such command had they obtained of its land ...
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... gun - boats and batteries , loud cheering along the whole line of the besiegers , and other boisterous tokens of joy ... guns , 44,800 pounds of cannon powder , 5,000 stand of arms , and 150,000 rounds of small - arm ammuni- tion ...
... gun - boats and batteries , loud cheering along the whole line of the besiegers , and other boisterous tokens of joy ... guns , 44,800 pounds of cannon powder , 5,000 stand of arms , and 150,000 rounds of small - arm ammuni- tion ...
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advance army arrived artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries bridge brigade Burnside Captain captured cavalry centre Chattanooga Colonel column command Confederate Court House Creek crossed defence dépôt destroyed direction division driven east enemy enemy's eral expedition Federal fifth corps fight fire five flank fleet followed force Fort Fisher Fort Morgan Fort Sumter Fort Wagner four Fredericksburg front garrison Government gun-boats guns heavy Hill hundred infantry intrenchments iron-clads killed and wounded loss Major-General ment miles military morning Morris Island moved movement musketry night o'clock occupied officers passed Petersburg pickets pontoon bridge port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners railroad rear rebel regiments retreat Richmond river road Schofield second corps sent shell Sheridan Sherman shot side sixth corps skirmishers soon Spottsylvania Court House Station steamer surrender Tennessee thousand tion took town troops Union vessels wagon trains wagons