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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... 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 the War Department in Washington. General Butler proposed the early ...
... 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 the War Department in Washington. General Butler proposed the early ...
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... hundred yards. The unsuspecting soldiers were riddled with solid shot, canister, and rifle-balls. Some tumbled headlong, never to rise again. Those who were uninjured leaped from the cars. There was great confusion. “Lie down!” cried ...
... hundred yards. The unsuspecting soldiers were riddled with solid shot, canister, and rifle-balls. Some tumbled headlong, never to rise again. Those who were uninjured leaped from the cars. There was great confusion. “Lie down!” cried ...
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... hundred men instead of four thousand, but he came upon the field in such a manner, that some of the Union officers supposed it was a portion of McDowell's troops. Smith was therefore permitted to take a flanking position within close ...
... hundred men instead of four thousand, but he came upon the field in such a manner, that some of the Union officers supposed it was a portion of McDowell's troops. Smith was therefore permitted to take a flanking position within close ...
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... hundred pieces of cannon. We have captured nine hundred prisoners, sixty-seven pieces of cannon, Armstrong guns and rifled cannon, hundreds of wagons, loads of provisions and ammunition.” One writer asserted that thirty-two thousand ...
... hundred pieces of cannon. We have captured nine hundred prisoners, sixty-seven pieces of cannon, Armstrong guns and rifled cannon, hundreds of wagons, loads of provisions and ammunition.” One writer asserted that thirty-two thousand ...
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... hundred men. His means of communication were only an old scow and two small boats. He was left to fight unassisted four thousand Rebels. Soon after he fell, there was a sudden rush to the boats, which, being overloaded, were instantly ...
... hundred men. His means of communication were only an old scow and two small boats. He was left to fight unassisted four thousand Rebels. Soon after he fell, there was a sudden rush to the boats, which, being overloaded, were instantly ...
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