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... streams , affluents of the neighbouring Potomac . These furnished occupation and instruction to a small body of pioneers , recently organised , while the difficulties of the road drew heavily on the marching capacity or rather ...
... streams , affluents of the neighbouring Potomac . These furnished occupation and instruction to a small body of pioneers , recently organised , while the difficulties of the road drew heavily on the marching capacity or rather ...
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... stream . Executing these orders strictly , as we daily expected to rejoin the army , the division began to be straitened for supplies . The commissary of my brigade , Major Davis , was the very pearl of com- missaries . Indefatigable in ...
... stream . Executing these orders strictly , as we daily expected to rejoin the army , the division began to be straitened for supplies . The commissary of my brigade , Major Davis , was the very pearl of com- missaries . Indefatigable in ...
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... stream . This served to enliven us for a day or two , and kept Ewell busy , as he always feared lest some one would get under fire before him . At length a fire of artillery and small - arms was opened from the north end of the bridge ...
... stream . This served to enliven us for a day or two , and kept Ewell busy , as he always feared lest some one would get under fire before him . At length a fire of artillery and small - arms was opened from the north end of the bridge ...
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... stream spanned by a bridge , but fordable above and below , separated him from an Austrian force of four times his strength . He first deter- mined to destroy the bridge , but reflected that if left it might tempt the enemy , whenever ...
... stream spanned by a bridge , but fordable above and below , separated him from an Austrian force of four times his strength . He first deter- mined to destroy the bridge , but reflected that if left it might tempt the enemy , whenever ...
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... stream swept away bridges and overflowed the adjacent lowlands , cutting off these corps from their supports . They ought to have been crushed , but Johnston fell , severely wound- 46 DESTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION .
... stream swept away bridges and overflowed the adjacent lowlands , cutting off these corps from their supports . They ought to have been crushed , but Johnston fell , severely wound- 46 DESTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION .
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Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Richard Taylor Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1879 |
Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Richard Taylor Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1879 |
Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Richard Taylor Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1879 |
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