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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... river as " very formidable , and prepared with great care . " " The lower barrier was composed of a series of piling driven securely into the bottom and cut off below the water . Added to this was another row of iron- capped and pointed ...
... river as " very formidable , and prepared with great care . " " The lower barrier was composed of a series of piling driven securely into the bottom and cut off below the water . Added to this was another row of iron- capped and pointed ...
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... river the same night , and on the 21st , proceeded up the river . At a distance of five miles below the place , obstructions were found in the channel , to prevent the ingress of any hostile force . One or two deserted batteries were ...
... river the same night , and on the 21st , proceeded up the river . At a distance of five miles below the place , obstructions were found in the channel , to prevent the ingress of any hostile force . One or two deserted batteries were ...
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... river a short time before the arrival of our forces . It was burnt on the night of the 20th , by the enemy's hands . The other boat was not yet com- pleted , and was destroyed by our seamen , assisted by some of the inhabitants of the ...
... river a short time before the arrival of our forces . It was burnt on the night of the 20th , by the enemy's hands . The other boat was not yet com- pleted , and was destroyed by our seamen , assisted by some of the inhabitants of the ...
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... river , and its approaches were then defended by formida- ble works . Through it passed the important line of seaboard communications uniting Virginia with the Gulf States . It was the most difficult port on the coast to blockade , and ...
... river , and its approaches were then defended by formida- ble works . Through it passed the important line of seaboard communications uniting Virginia with the Gulf States . It was the most difficult port on the coast to blockade , and ...
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... river . The iron - clad monster that lay in the harbor of Norfolk effectually neutralized any independent naval ... rivers . But General McClellan , in com- mand of that army , had encountered obstacles which rendered his advance ...
... river . The iron - clad monster that lay in the harbor of Norfolk effectually neutralized any independent naval ... rivers . But General McClellan , in com- mand of that army , had encountered obstacles which rendered his advance ...
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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