Brigade after brigade, formed under cover of the woods, started at a run to cross the open space and charge our batteries, but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case sent them reeling back to shelter,... Our Campaigns: Or, The Marches, Bivouacs, Battles, Incidents of Camp Life ... - Page 151by Evan Morrison Woodward - 1865 - 354 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 498 pages
...and charge our batteries ; but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case, sent them reeling back to...and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking columns, which rushed through... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 256 pages
...space and charge our batteries, but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case sent them reeling back to...and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking column, which rushed through... | |
| United States. War Department - 1864 - 256 pages
...space and charge our batteries, but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case sent them reeling back to...and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking column, which rushed through... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 280 pages
...space and charge our batteries, but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case sent them reeling back to...and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking column, which rushed through... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 198 pages
...spaca and charge our batteries, but the heavy fire of our guna, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case sent them reeling back to...and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our, infantry withheld their fire, until the attacking column, which rushed through... | |
| George Brinton MACCLELLAN (General.) - 1864 - 676 pages
...heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case, sent then} reeling back to shelter, and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking columns, which rushed through... | |
| Markinfield Addey - 1864 - 574 pages
...fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case, sent them realing back to shelter, and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking columns, which rushed through... | |
| Evan Morrison Woodward - 1865 - 372 pages
...remainder of Keyes' corps, extended by a backward curve nearly to the river. The Pennsylvania Eeserves were held in reserve, and stationed behind Porter's...against a rock-bound shore, they were hurled back broken and confused, but to unite and return again to the assault. From batteries upon batteries were vomited... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1866 - 662 pages
...and charge our batteries ; but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case sent them reeling back to...and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking column, which rushed through... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1866 - 688 pages
...our bat teries ; but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infentry, in every case sent them reeling back to shelter, and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking column, which rushed through... | |
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