Major General Ambrose E. Burnside and the Ninth Army Corps: A Narrative of Campaigns in North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, During the War for the Preservation of the RepublicS.S. Rider & Brother, 1867 - 554 strani |
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... tion he started on his difficult enterprise . Twelve hundred miles of wilderness , occupied by wild beasts and Indians , many of whom were hostile , lay between him and civilization . He accomplished the distance in seventeen days ...
... tion he started on his difficult enterprise . Twelve hundred miles of wilderness , occupied by wild beasts and Indians , many of whom were hostile , lay between him and civilization . He accomplished the distance in seventeen days ...
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... tion . He was indefatigable , unwearied , ubiquitous . Generals Foster , Reno , and Parke gave him their ablest assistance , and were always ready with counsel and help . The commanders of regiments , and indeed all the officers and men ...
... tion . He was indefatigable , unwearied , ubiquitous . Generals Foster , Reno , and Parke gave him their ablest assistance , and were always ready with counsel and help . The commanders of regiments , and indeed all the officers and men ...
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... tion . Beyond was the railroad , which was itself fortified , and beyond that was a sytem of redoubts , thirteen in number and a mile in length , erected upon six little mounds or hills which rose conveniently to the main work ...
... tion . Beyond was the railroad , which was itself fortified , and beyond that was a sytem of redoubts , thirteen in number and a mile in length , erected upon six little mounds or hills which rose conveniently to the main work ...
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... tion had been spoiled by the excessive moisture , and during the subsequent action many of the men had nothing but the bayonet to rely upon for either offensive or defensive operations . But there was no murmuring , and the discipline ...
... tion had been spoiled by the excessive moisture , and during the subsequent action many of the men had nothing but the bayonet to rely upon for either offensive or defensive operations . But there was no murmuring , and the discipline ...
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... tion , our men could do but little execution . The enemy's fire was hot and somewhat destructive . The ammunition of the 27th Massachusetts was soon expended , and these troops were obliged to retire from their dangerous position ...
... tion , our men could do but little execution . The enemy's fire was hot and somewhat destructive . The ammunition of the 27th Massachusetts was soon expended , and these troops were obliged to retire from their dangerous position ...
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advance Aquia Creek army artillery assault attack battery battle battle of Fredericksburg brave brevet brevet Brigadier brevet Colonel brevet Major bridge brigade Brigadier General Vols Burnside Burnside's camp campaign Captain Captain Spaulding captured cavalry column command Creek crest crossing defences division duty East Tennessee enemy enemy's line engaged eral Ferrero fight fire flank force ford forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant guns Halleck Hartranft headquarters hundred immediately infantry intrenchments Joined the Corps July Kentucky killed Knoxville Lieutenant Colonel loss Massachusetts McClellan Meade ment miles military morning move movement Newbern night Ninth Corps North Carolina o'clock occupied officers Ohio operations Parke Petersburg ponton position Potomac Potter prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel reënforcements regiment Reno retreat Rhode Island Richmond river road Roanoke Island Rosecrans Second Lieutenant sent Sept side skirmishers soldiers success tion troops Virginia Warrenton Washington Willcox wounded
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Stran 155 - Not once or twice in our rough island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory : He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which outredden All voluptuous garden-roses.
Stran 155 - The path of duty was the way to glory : He, that ever following her commands, On with toil of heart and knees and hands...
Stran 174 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Stran 166 - House, which is just about twice as far as you would have to do from Harper's Ferry. He is certainly not more than half as well provided with wagons as you are. I certainly should be pleased for you to have the advantage of the railroad from Harper's Ferry to Winchester, but it wastes all the remainder of autumn to give it to you, and in fact ignores the question of time, which cannot and must not be ignored.
Stran 167 - Haymarket, and Fredericksburg, and you see how turnpikes, railroads, and finally the Potomac, by Aquia creek, meet you at all points from Washington. The same, only the lines lengthened a little, if you press closer to the Blue Ridge part of the way.
Stran 167 - Gaps would enable you to attack if you should wish. For a great part of the way you would be practically between the enemy and both Washington and Richmond, enabling us to spare you the greatest number of troops from here. When, at length, running for Richmond ahead of him enables him to move this way, if he does so, turn and attack him in rear.
Stran 132 - Your despatch of to,day received. God bless you and all with you. Destroy the rebel army if possible.
Stran 165 - General Halleck that you cannot subsist your army at Winchester unless the railroad from Harper's Ferry to that point be put in working order. But the enemy does now subsist his army at Winchester, at a distance nearly twice as great from railroad transportation as you would have to do without the railroad last named.
Stran 174 - I shall rely therefore confidently on that Providence, which has heretofore preserved and been bountiful to me, not doubting but that I shall return safe to you in the fall. I shall feel no pain from the toil or...