Sketches of War History, 1861-1865: Papers Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Band 1R. Clarke & Company, 1888 |
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... N 80 war history , 1861-1865 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States . Ohio Commandery , Robert Hunter , William Henry Chamberlin ARTES 1837 LIBRARY VERITAS SCIENTIA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Front Cover.
... N 80 war history , 1861-1865 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States . Ohio Commandery , Robert Hunter , William Henry Chamberlin ARTES 1837 LIBRARY VERITAS SCIENTIA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Front Cover.
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... front were out of the way by 6 P. M. The water was subsiding , but it was not safe to urge the trains , in the blackness of the night , one hundred and fifty yards through the water to strike the bridge over a roaring torrent . The ...
... front were out of the way by 6 P. M. The water was subsiding , but it was not safe to urge the trains , in the blackness of the night , one hundred and fifty yards through the water to strike the bridge over a roaring torrent . The ...
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... front . On the preceding night I obtained General Blair's permission to send all the division but two regiments forward , passing by the train of the division in front of me , so that they reached camp by 11 P. M. I brought those two ...
... front . On the preceding night I obtained General Blair's permission to send all the division but two regiments forward , passing by the train of the division in front of me , so that they reached camp by 11 P. M. I brought those two ...
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... robbed the house of a noted seces- sionist . The regiment was paraded in front of their quar- ters . The accused company were required to lay down their arms and see them carted away . They were then 26 Sketches of War History . 22.
... robbed the house of a noted seces- sionist . The regiment was paraded in front of their quar- ters . The accused company were required to lay down their arms and see them carted away . They were then 26 Sketches of War History . 22.
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... front was protected naturally and artificially . His position was in a depression upon a hill , which was a precipice . at his flanks and rear , and fell sharply in his front . The troops of General Rosecrans had been on the move since ...
... front was protected naturally and artificially . His position was in a depression upon a hill , which was a precipice . at his flanks and rear , and fell sharply in his front . The troops of General Rosecrans had been on the move since ...
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abatis advance arms army artillery assault attack battery battle Berryville bridge brigade broken bullet Cahawba camp Camp Dennison Camp Harrison campaign Captain captured cavalry charge Chattanooga Colonel column command comrades Confederate Creek crossing Cumberland Gap dead death defenses dismounted Early's enemy enemy's fell field fighting fire flag flank force formed Forrest forward front Gravelly Springs ground guard guns halted hand head-quarters hill horses hundred infantry Kentucky Lieutenant Lytle Maplesville ment miles military Montevallo morning moved movement mules musketry muskets night North officers Ohio organization passed picket pike Plantersville position Potomac pushed re-inforce reached rear rebel Red Bud regiment retreat ridge rifle river road Selma sent shell shot side Sixth Corps skirmish soldier soon spirit Third Division thousand tion troops Tuscaloosa Union valley wagons Washington Wilderness William Haines Lytle woods wounded
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