The American Civil War - This Mighty Scourge of War
The fighting 183 Modern aerial view of Wilderness Battlefield, looking east down the Orange Turnpike. The open space is Saunders ...
184 The American Civil War had been named in colonial times for British Queen Anne. Its rapid flow prompted settlers to call the ...
The fighting 185 Into the Wilderness In May 1864, the Federal army advanced across the Rapidan river and ended a period of six m ...
186 The American Civil War The first clash between the war's two most famous leaders, Robert E. Lee and U. S. Grant, unfolded in ...
The fighting 187 earthworks along the crest of a ridge at the western edge of a 40-acre (16-ha) open space known locally as Saun ...
188 The American Civil War events a few miles to the north. General A. P. Hill's Confederate Third Corps moved eastward on the P ...
The fighting 189 'a yell rent the air that must have been heard for miles around.' The Texans urged Lee to go back, shouting tha ...
190 The American Civil War Hundreds of helpless wounded men of both sides burned to death when muzzle flashes light the thickets ...
The fighting 191 wounded men of both sides burned to death. For two weeks, Lee's Confederates stubbornly resisted the Federal ar ...
192 The American Civil War to press southward again, keeping the pressure on Lee. Early on 7 May, Grant issued orders to leave t ...
The fighting 193 Federal reinforcements pressed southwest toward the Po, hoping to get beyond Lee's flank; Confederates arrived ...
194 The American Civil War vulnerable segment of Lee's line. Upton led a dozen regiments to the edge of a wood that looked acros ...
The fighting 195 a dreadful stroke of bad timing, the Confederate artillery had been withdrawn from the Mule Shoe to be ready in ...
196 The American Civil War For hours the combatants struggled at hand-to-hand range, separated only by fortifications made of ea ...
The fighting 197 step for defenders to see to fire, through a space between the main wall and a head log perched above it. About ...
198 The American Civil War To the North Anna and the James Fighting on 19 May at the Harris Farm, northeast of the old salient p ...
The fighting 199 General Evander M. Law's Alabama troops slaughtered attacking Federals at Cold Harbor. 'It was not war' Law wro ...
200 The American Civil War By the time of the slaughter at Cold Harbor, troops in both armies had become convinced of the value ...
The fighting 201 from further operations ... as if it had been in a bottle strongly corked.' On 9 June, Butler tried again. He s ...
Free ebooks ==> http://www.Ebook777.com 202 The American Civil War Beauregard wrote, 'was clearly at the mercy of the Federal ...
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