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... close to his head , had knocked him over . With the darkness of evening , our situation be- came critical . Our artillery had lost many men and horses ; our cavalry , having been exposed all day to a murderous fire , had also suffered ...
... close to his head , had knocked him over . With the darkness of evening , our situation be- came critical . Our artillery had lost many men and horses ; our cavalry , having been exposed all day to a murderous fire , had also suffered ...
Side 46
... close to us , and , striking a small locust - tree at a dis- tance of about twenty yards , sent its iron hail right into the midst of our party . We looked at each other with startled apprehension , scarcely deeming it possible but that ...
... close to us , and , striking a small locust - tree at a dis- tance of about twenty yards , sent its iron hail right into the midst of our party . We looked at each other with startled apprehension , scarcely deeming it possible but that ...
Side 53
... close upon you , " when they lingered to pluck the fruit of the numerous per- simmon trees on either side of the road - fruit which the recent frosts had brought plentifully to perfection , and which furnished a welcome though meagre re ...
... close upon you , " when they lingered to pluck the fruit of the numerous per- simmon trees on either side of the road - fruit which the recent frosts had brought plentifully to perfection , and which furnished a welcome though meagre re ...
Side 59
... of our infantry riflemen , and posted them at the corner of a wood , with orders not to fire until the enemy had arrived within two hundred yards of them , that they might punish 60 " C A CLOSE SHAVE . " effectively the.
... of our infantry riflemen , and posted them at the corner of a wood , with orders not to fire until the enemy had arrived within two hundred yards of them , that they might punish 60 " C A CLOSE SHAVE . " effectively the.
Side 60
Heros von Borcke. 60 " C A CLOSE SHAVE . " effectively the impudence of the Yankees , as he called it . Stuart here , as usual , greatly exposed his own person on horseback , by riding out of the wood into the open field , and I felt it ...
Heros von Borcke. 60 " C A CLOSE SHAVE . " effectively the impudence of the Yankees , as he called it . Stuart here , as usual , greatly exposed his own person on horseback , by riding out of the wood into the open field , and I felt it ...
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