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 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 Pennsylvania 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