 Malvern hill is an elevated plateau about a mile and a half by three-fourths of a mile in area, well cleared of timber, and with several converging roads running over it. In front are numerous defensible ravines, and the ground slopes gradually toward...  The Maine Bugle ... - Page 651897Full view - About this book
 | John William Draper - 1868 - 630 pages
...elevated plateau, cleared of timber, about a mile and a half long by three fourths of a mile wide, with several converging roads running over it. In front are numerous defensible ravines, the ground sloping gradually toward the north and east Topography of to the woodland, giving clear... | |
 | John William Draper - 1868 - 628 pages
...elevated plateau, cleared of timber, about a mile and a half long by three fourths of a mile wide, with several converging roads running over it. In front are numerous defensible ravines, the ground sloping gradually toward the north and east Topography of to the woodland, giving clear... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - 1876 - 1086 pages
...miles below Richmond, " is an elevated plateau about a mile and half long by three-fourths wide, and well cleared of timber, and with several converging roads running over it." On this plateau was the Union army, center and left, right extending to cover the passage to Harrison's... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1879 - 290 pages
...Haxall's, on James River. Malvern Hill is an elevated plateau, abaut a mile and a half by three fourths of a mile in area, well cleared of timber, and with...defensible ravines, and the ground slopes gradually to the north and east to the woodland, giving clear range for artillery in those directions. Toward... | |
 | United States. War Dept - 1884 - 1192 pages
...James River. Malveru Hill is an elevated plateau about a mile and a half by three-fourths, of a mile ia area, well cleared of timber, and with several converging...defensible ravines, and the ground slopes gradually toward the north and east to the wood-land, giving clear ranges for artillery in those directions.... | |
 | Joseph W. Morton - 1890 - 636 pages
...area, mostly clear of timber, and with several converging roads crossing it. In front are numerous ravines, and the ground slopes gradually towards the north and east to a heavy woods, giving clear range for artillery in those directions. Towards the northwest the plateau... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1897 - 422 pages
...repulse. McClellan describes Malvern Hill as an elevated plateau about a mile and a half by three-fourths of a mile in area, well cleared of timber, and with...over it. In front are numerous defensible ravines, the ground sloping gradually towards the north and east to the woodland, affording clear ranges for... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton, John Lord - 1903 - 566 pages
...miles below Richmond, " is an elevated plateau about a mile and half long by three-fourths wide, and well cleared of timber, and with several converging roads running over it." On this plateau was the Union army, center and left, right extending to cover the passage to Harrison's... | |
 | Eugene Arus Nash - 1910 - 690 pages
...General McClellan's reports as — "An elevated plateau of about a mile and a half by three fourths of a mile in area, well cleared of timber and with...several converging roads running over it. In front are many defensible ravines, and the ground slopes gradually toward the North and East to the woodland,... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1972 - 1194 pages
...Haxall's, on James River. Malvern Hill is an elevated plateau about a mile and a half by three-fourths of a mile in area, well cleared of timber, and with...defensible ravines, and the ground slopes gradually toward the north and east to the wood-land, giving clear ranges for artillery in those directions.... | |
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