Four Years of FightingDigital Scanning Inc, 2001 - 582 Seiten FOUR YEARS OF FIGHTING is Charles Coffin's engrossing account of his eyewitness experiences as an Army War Correspondent during the Civil War, from the first battle at Bull Run to the fall of Richmond. Coffin was in Savannah soon after its occupation by Sherman on his great 'March to the Sea'. |
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... Forces. — The Battle-Field. — The Poor Whites of the South. — General Sherman. — Beauregard's Despatch. — Retreat of the Rebels. — Halleck's Advance upon Corinth. — The Mississippi Fleet. — Admiral Davis. — Captain Maynadier. — A Trap ...
... Forces. — The Battle-Field. — The Poor Whites of the South. — General Sherman. — Beauregard's Despatch. — Retreat of the Rebels. — Halleck's Advance upon Corinth. — The Mississippi Fleet. — Admiral Davis. — Captain Maynadier. — A Trap ...
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... Force. — Massachusetts Sixteenth Regiment. — Arrival of Nineteenth Corps. — Enthusiastic Reception. — Confidence restored. — Battle of Monocacy. — Alarming Reports. — Advance of Rebels upon Washington. — Their hasty Retreat 384. CHAPTER.
... Force. — Massachusetts Sixteenth Regiment. — Arrival of Nineteenth Corps. — Enthusiastic Reception. — Confidence restored. — Battle of Monocacy. — Alarming Reports. — Advance of Rebels upon Washington. — Their hasty Retreat 384. CHAPTER.
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... force consisted of nine regiments, two battalions of infantry, three hundred cavalry, and sixteen pieces of artillery. It was for the interest of the Rebels to magnify their numbers and resources. These exaggerations had their effect at ...
... force consisted of nine regiments, two battalions of infantry, three hundred cavalry, and sixteen pieces of artillery. It was for the interest of the Rebels to magnify their numbers and resources. These exaggerations had their effect at ...
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... force just ahead!” said an officer who had advanced a short distance into the woods. Standing behind the pieces and looking directly along the road. * McDowell's Order. * Our God is a strong fortress. 1861.] BULL RUN. 19.
... force just ahead!” said an officer who had advanced a short distance into the woods. Standing behind the pieces and looking directly along the road. * McDowell's Order. * Our God is a strong fortress. 1861.] BULL RUN. 19.
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... firing a second shot. The writer says in conclusion: “Thus did fifteen thousand men, with eighteen pieces of artillery, drive back inglori ously a force exceeding thirty-five thousand, supported by nearly one 1861.] BULL RUN. 25.
... firing a second shot. The writer says in conclusion: “Thus did fifteen thousand men, with eighteen pieces of artillery, drive back inglori ously a force exceeding thirty-five thousand, supported by nearly one 1861.] BULL RUN. 25.
Inhalt
CHAPTER XXII | 384 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 391 |
CHRISTIANITY AND BARBARISM | 402 |
CHAPTER XXV | 414 |
CHAPTER IX | 436 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 444 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 454 |
THE IRONCLADS IN ACTION | 459 |
INVASION OF MARYLAND | 110 |
Second Wisconsin and Colonel Utley Judge Robertson and his | 122 |
CHAPTER X | 137 |
CHAPTER XII | 174 |
CAVALRY OPERATIONS | 212 |
THE ATLANTIC COAST | 224 |
Howard Ride along the Lines Stannards Brigade Meades | 269 |
CHAPTER XIX | 306 |
SIEGE OPERATIONS | 376 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 462 |
THE LAST CAMPAIGN | 485 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 499 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 523 |
SURRENDER OF | 543 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 556 |
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG | 559 |
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery attack battle bridge brigade Burnside cannon Captain cavalry cemetery Chambersburg Chancellorsville church Cold Harbor Colonel colored column command crossed division enemy enemy’s Ewell field Fifth Corps fight fire flag flank force Ford Fredericksburg front Germanna Gettysburg Gordonsville Grant ground guns hands Harper’s Ferry head-quarters hill Hooker horses Howard hundred infantry Jackson Lee’s Longstreet look lying McClellan Meade Meade’s miles morning Morris Island moved movement negroes night North o’clock officers passed Petersburg pickets plank-road position Potomac prisoners railroad reached rear Rebel batteries regiment Richmond ridge river road rode Savannah says Second Corps sent shells Sherman shot Sickles side Sixth Corps skirmishers slavery slaves Slocum soldiers South South Carolina Stevensburg stream Sumter Taneytown thousand town troops Union Union army wagons Washington Weed’s Weehawken woods wounded Yankees