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... forward move- ment , all unknowing at the time that the supreme command was soon to be taken from him by the Government at Washington . The right wing of the VOL . II . A 2 PLANS AND COUNTER - PLANS . Federal forces ,
... forward move- ment , all unknowing at the time that the supreme command was soon to be taken from him by the Government at Washington . The right wing of the VOL . II . A 2 PLANS AND COUNTER - PLANS . Federal forces ,
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... soon as our arrival was known , had flocked to the mansion . I very quickly secured for myself the friendship of Dr Eliason's little daughter , a child of ten years of age , who suffered under the sad in- firmity of blindness . With the ...
... soon as our arrival was known , had flocked to the mansion . I very quickly secured for myself the friendship of Dr Eliason's little daughter , a child of ten years of age , who suffered under the sad in- firmity of blindness . With the ...
Side 10
... soon in the midst of the fight . This lasted , however , only a few minutes . After a short but gallant resistance , the Federal lines were broken , a great part of the men were cut down or taken prisoners , and the rest of them driven ...
... soon in the midst of the fight . This lasted , however , only a few minutes . After a short but gallant resistance , the Federal lines were broken , a great part of the men were cut down or taken prisoners , and the rest of them driven ...
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... soon at hand for its protection , and reached a range of hills overlooking the village , in time to see a force of several thousand of the enemy's cavalry advancing in beautiful lines across an open field on the right . The fight was at ...
... soon at hand for its protection , and reached a range of hills overlooking the village , in time to see a force of several thousand of the enemy's cavalry advancing in beautiful lines across an open field on the right . The fight was at ...
Side 14
... soon regarded as a corps d'élite by the whole army , and it came to be considered an honour to be one of them . I have often seen these men serving their pieces in the hottest of the fight , laughing , singing , and joking each other ...
... soon regarded as a corps d'élite by the whole army , and it came to be considered an honour to be one of them . I have often seen these men serving their pieces in the hottest of the fight , laughing , singing , and joking each other ...
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