Life of General George Gordon Meade: Commander of the Army of the PotomacH.T. Coates, 1898 - 596 pages |
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Page 88
... Longstreet's division , he still tenaciously held on to the ground in the hope that he would finally be able to advance and accomplish his purpose . He was waiting , however , in vain , when the enemy , recog- nizing the dangerousness ...
... Longstreet's division , he still tenaciously held on to the ground in the hope that he would finally be able to advance and accomplish his purpose . He was waiting , however , in vain , when the enemy , recog- nizing the dangerousness ...
Page 95
... Longstreet and Hill were to attack Casey in the centre , by the Williams- burg Road , whilst General G. W. Smith was to try to in- terpose between Couch and the Chickahominy . It is not to be supposed that the Confederates knew exactly ...
... Longstreet and Hill were to attack Casey in the centre , by the Williams- burg Road , whilst General G. W. Smith was to try to in- terpose between Couch and the Chickahominy . It is not to be supposed that the Confederates knew exactly ...
Page 113
... Long- street about 2.30 P.M. , the attack was violently resumed . When , finally , all the Confederate forces were up , they out- numbered the Federals , even when reinforced , nearly two to one . On their right was Longstreet's ...
... Long- street about 2.30 P.M. , the attack was violently resumed . When , finally , all the Confederate forces were up , they out- numbered the Federals , even when reinforced , nearly two to one . On their right was Longstreet's ...
Page 119
... Long- street crossed the Chickahominy at New Bridge , heading then around White Oak Swamp , on the northern side of which Huger , as well as Magruder , lately was . Three roads running southeast , the Charles River , the Central , and ...
... Long- street crossed the Chickahominy at New Bridge , heading then around White Oak Swamp , on the northern side of which Huger , as well as Magruder , lately was . Three roads running southeast , the Charles River , the Central , and ...
Page 120
... Longstreet , A. P. Hill , Magruder , and Huger . Magruder , as we have seen , had , on the morning and afternoon of the 29th , attacked the Federal rearguard at Savage's Station . Jackson , on the north side of the Chickahominy , had ...
... Longstreet , A. P. Hill , Magruder , and Huger . Magruder , as we have seen , had , on the morning and afternoon of the 29th , attacked the Federal rearguard at Savage's Station . Jackson , on the north side of the Chickahominy , had ...
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A. P. Hill advance arrived artillery assault attack bridge brigade Bull Run Burnside capture cavalry Cemetery Hill Cemetery Ridge centre Centreville Chickahominy Colonel column command Confederate Court House Creek cross Culp's Hill D. H. Hill despatch direction division Eleventh Corps enemy enemy's entrenchments Federal field Fifth Corps fight finally force Ford Franklin Fredericksburg front Gettysburg Grant ground Halleck Hancock Harper's Ferry Hill Hooker Humphreys infantry Jackson James left flank left wing line of battle Little Round Top Longstreet Maryland Heights McClellan Meade Meade's ment miles military morning movement night Ninth Corps o'clock occupied orders Pamunkey passed Patterson Pennsylvania Reserves Petersburg Plank Road position Potomac Railroad Rapidan Rappahannock reached rear regiments reinforcements retreat Richmond right flank river Second Corps Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sickles Sickles's side Sixth Corps Station Third Corps thousand tion troops turnpike Twelfth Corps Valley Warren Washington White Oak Swamp