The United Service, Volume 13L.R. Hamersly & Company, 1885 |
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... close quarters into their midst . But these Virginians were not to be thus stopped , though their right and left were naked of support . The column pushed on , struck Webb's brigade at the stone wall , and planting their battle - flags ...
... close quarters into their midst . But these Virginians were not to be thus stopped , though their right and left were naked of support . The column pushed on , struck Webb's brigade at the stone wall , and planting their battle - flags ...
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... close proximity to Vicksburg , where Pemberton had , as we have seen , resolved upon being beleaguered . Built upon hills succes- sively rising from the river , the position was indeed a strong one , though the lines were greatly ...
... close proximity to Vicksburg , where Pemberton had , as we have seen , resolved upon being beleaguered . Built upon hills succes- sively rising from the river , the position was indeed a strong one , though the lines were greatly ...
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... close up to the rebel works , General Grant came to where I was , on foot . . . . I admitted that my assault had failed , and he said the result with McPherson and McClernand was about the same . " 997 However , upon the suggestion of ...
... close up to the rebel works , General Grant came to where I was , on foot . . . . I admitted that my assault had failed , and he said the result with McPherson and McClernand was about the same . " 997 However , upon the suggestion of ...
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... close fort , with a large , civil population of men , women , and children to feed , in addition to his combatant force . " 15 At first , Grant's forces had not been sufficient to wholly invest Vicks- burg on the land side on the ...
... close fort , with a large , civil population of men , women , and children to feed , in addition to his combatant force . " 15 At first , Grant's forces had not been sufficient to wholly invest Vicks- burg on the land side on the ...
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... close to the works upon the Baldwin ferry and Jackson roads , but apparently the Federal commander had been sated with assaults by the one adventured with such cost a month before . Pemberton's men had now been in the trenches thirty ...
... close to the works upon the Baldwin ferry and Jackson roads , but apparently the Federal commander had been sated with assaults by the one adventured with such cost a month before . Pemberton's men had now been in the trenches thirty ...
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Page 5 - In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear, without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other.
Page 161 - Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 251 - Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Page 531 - The apparent firmness of the United States troops at Centreville who had not been engaged, which checked our pursuit ; the strong forces occupying the works near Georgetown, Arlington, and Alexandria; the certainty, too, that General Patterson, if needed, would reach Washington, with his army of thirty thousand men, sooner than we could ; and the condition and inadequate means of the army in ammunition, provisions, and transportation, prevented any serious thoughts of advancing against the capital.
Page 36 - The commission shall, at Washington, and in one or more places in each State and Territory where examinations are to take place, designate and select a suitable number of persons, not less than three...
Page 32 - The useless effusion of blood you propose stopping by this course can be ended at any time you may choose, by the unconditional surrender of the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange the terms of capitulation, because I have no terms other...
Page 253 - Now MARK THIS, if the Expeditionary Force, and I ask for no more than two hundred men, does not come in ten days, the town may fall ; and I have done my best for the honour of our country. Good bye. CG GORDON. You send me no information, though you have lots of money. CGG APPENDICES REFERRED TO IN THE JOURNALS.
Page 181 - I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea.