A Visit to the Cities and Camps of the Condederate StatesW. Blackwood and sons, 1865 - 300 páginas A visit to the cities and camps of the Confederate States is [FitzGerald Ross's] own record of what he saw and learned of the South at war. As an honest (though over-sympathetic) picture of the Confederacy during the latter half of 1863 and the early months of 1864, it is one of the ... most informative of the relative few inclusive records left by outside observers of the Confederacy in its own time. |
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... Bragg's resigna- tion - Battle of Missionary Ridge - Officers throwing stones -Sherman's corps " whipped " -Joe Hooker repulsed- Return to Richmond - Gambling put down - Corporal pun- ishment - Oriental Saloon - Bill of fare ...
... Bragg's resigna- tion - Battle of Missionary Ridge - Officers throwing stones -Sherman's corps " whipped " -Joe Hooker repulsed- Return to Richmond - Gambling put down - Corporal pun- ishment - Oriental Saloon - Bill of fare ...
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... Bragg was opposed to Rosencranz , but had just been obliged to fall back from Chattanooga into Georgia . Longstreet's corps from Lee's army in Northern Virginia was being sent to rein- force Bragg , and an attempt was to be made to ...
... Bragg was opposed to Rosencranz , but had just been obliged to fall back from Chattanooga into Georgia . Longstreet's corps from Lee's army in Northern Virginia was being sent to rein- force Bragg , and an attempt was to be made to ...
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... Bragg's army , worked all night , and , in spite of the hard fighting of the day before in the woods , where naturally brigades and regiments had become excessively entangled , by the morning of Saturday his command was in perfect order ...
... Bragg's army , worked all night , and , in spite of the hard fighting of the day before in the woods , where naturally brigades and regiments had become excessively entangled , by the morning of Saturday his command was in perfect order ...
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... Bragg has , and says he is about equal to Pope , of boasting memory . General Buckner came over in the course of the morning , and he too attributed the victory entirely to Longstreet . His own corps be- haved splendidly , and one ...
... Bragg has , and says he is about equal to Pope , of boasting memory . General Buckner came over in the course of the morning , and he too attributed the victory entirely to Longstreet . His own corps be- haved splendidly , and one ...
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... Bragg's position and works . He was very loqua- cious , and abused General Bragg considerably . In the afternoon Longstreet's headquarters baggage arrived , and his camp was pitched in a clump of trees by the side of Chattanooga Creek ...
... Bragg's position and works . He was very loqua- cious , and abused General Bragg considerably . In the afternoon Longstreet's headquarters baggage arrived , and his camp was pitched in a clump of trees by the side of Chattanooga Creek ...
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A Visit to the Cities and Camps of the Condederate States Fitzgerald Ross Visualização integral - 1865 |
A Visit to the Cities and Camps of the Condederate States Fitzgerald Ross Visualização integral - 1865 |
A Visit to the Cities and Camps of the Condederate States Fitzgerald Ross Visualização integral - 1865 |
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A. P. Hill amongst army attack Augusta battle battle of Chancellorsville battle-field Bragg brigade Buckner's camp campaign Captain captured cavalry Charleston Chattanooga Chicamauga Cleburne Colonel Colonel F Colonel Walton command commenced Confederate course crowded division enemy enemy's Ewell Federal fight fire followed Fort Sumter Fort Wagner Fredericksburg friends front gentleman Gettysburg going Greek fire guns Hagerstown headquarters Hill horses J. E. B. Stuart ladies large number Lee's Libby Prison Longstreet Longstreet's corps M'Laws Major Meade miles Missionary Ridge morning Morris Island negroes never night North Northern officers party passed pleasant position present prisoners quarters rain reached rear retreat returned Richmond ride rifle river road rode sent shell soldiers soon South Southern Staff steamer Stuart Sumter taken tent tion told took town Virginia visited waggon-train waggons Wagner whilst Wilmington wood wounded Yankees yards young
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Página 55 - Federal line, in order to prevent reinforcements being sent to either wing, and to avail himself of any opportunity that might present itself to attack. " After a severe struggle, Longstreet succeeded in getting possession of and holding the desired ground.