A Complete History of the Great Rebellion: Or, The Civil War in the United States, 1861-1865 ... Also, Biographical Sketches of the Principal Actors in the Great Drama |
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advance ammunition arms army arrived artillery assault attack Banks batteries battle of Antietam boats brave bridge brigade Burnside camp cannon Captain captured cavalry centre charge Colonel columns command Confederates contest corps creek crossed deadly defeat desperate destroyed division enemy enemy's expedition Federal loss Federal troops fell back field fight fire Fitz John Porter five flag flank fled fleet Fort Pickens Fort Walker Fortress Monroe fought four Fremont front gallant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy Heintzelman hill Hooker hundred infantry intrenchments island Jackson Kentucky killed and wounded latter line of battle Manassas McClellan McClernand McDowell ment miles Mississippi Missouri morning mountain moved night o'clock Ohio ordered position Potomac prisoners railroad reached rear regiment reinforcements retired retreat Richmond river road Rosecrans rushed sent shell shot Sigel skirmishers soldiers soon South surrender thousand Union army Union forces Union troops vessels victory volley Western Virginia woods
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Page 450 - 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.
Page 501 - GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Page 62 - It was granted, and the next morning, when the army moved forward into battle, these troops moved to the rear to the sound of the enemy's cannon.
Page 501 - 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.
Page 498 - ... intrenched position, but to force him out, if possible. Should he come out and attack us, or get himself where he can be attacked, move in with your entire force in your own way, and with the full reliance that the army will engage or follow, as circumstances will dictate. I shall be on the field, and will probably be able to communicate with you.
Page 195 - I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies.
Page 422 - We have now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor, but our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy.
Page 464 - Station destroying the railroad, were attacked, and after desperate fighting, a part of our line gave way, and five pieces of artillery fell into the hands of the enemy. By the 12th of September a branch railroad was completed from the City Point and Petersburg Railroad to the Weldon Railroad, enabling us to supply, without difficulty, in all weather, the army in front of Petersburg.* The extension of our lines across the Weldon Railroad. compelled the enemy to so extend his that it seemed he could...
Page 461 - His operations during the month of August and the fore part of September were both of an offensive and defensive character, resulting in many severe skirmishes, principally by the cavalry, in which we were generally successful, but no general engagement took place. The two armies lay in such a position — the enemy on the west bank of the...
Page 464 - 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.