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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... retreat was taken at ten o'clock , P. M. - leaving camp fires burning brightly - the troops arrived at the landing early the next morning , and the expedition re- turned to Roanoke Island and Newbern . The entire loss was fourteen ...
... retreat was taken at ten o'clock , P. M. - leaving camp fires burning brightly - the troops arrived at the landing early the next morning , and the expedition re- turned to Roanoke Island and Newbern . The entire loss was fourteen ...
Stran 86
... retreat , to scatter devastation and ruin along Hampton Roads and the entrance of Chesapeake Bay , and the imperative necessity of guarding that avenue of communication and supplies for General McClellan's army , then operating on the ...
... retreat , to scatter devastation and ruin along Hampton Roads and the entrance of Chesapeake Bay , and the imperative necessity of guarding that avenue of communication and supplies for General McClellan's army , then operating on the ...
Stran 87
... retreat , giving back only step by step , and under the pressure of su- perior numbers . General McClellan proved himself to be slow and unready in all his enterprises , preferring to fight de- fensive battles , instead of pushing the ...
... retreat , giving back only step by step , and under the pressure of su- perior numbers . General McClellan proved himself to be slow and unready in all his enterprises , preferring to fight de- fensive battles , instead of pushing the ...
Stran 88
... retreat to Harrison's Landing would have been avoided . Then General Burnside could have made a successful demonstration on Goldsborough , and it is safe to presume that the most brilliant and satisfactory results would have followed ...
... retreat to Harrison's Landing would have been avoided . Then General Burnside could have made a successful demonstration on Goldsborough , and it is safe to presume that the most brilliant and satisfactory results would have followed ...
Stran 91
... retreat obstructed , it was expected that the rebel Army of Northern Virginia would fall an easy prey to the vic- torious Army of the Potomac . The last days of June therefore were devoted to the work of final preparation , and 1862 ...
... retreat obstructed , it was expected that the rebel Army of Northern Virginia would fall an easy prey to the vic- torious Army of the Potomac . The last days of June therefore were devoted to the work of final preparation , and 1862 ...
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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