The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - Confederate States of America |
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... dismounted in the front and rear , and mounted on left flauk . They must have got into position and made the attack at once , as my dispatch bearer to Brownsville left camp at 4 o'clock and saw nothing of the enemy . I intended to move ...
... dismounted in the front and rear , and mounted on left flauk . They must have got into position and made the attack at once , as my dispatch bearer to Brownsville left camp at 4 o'clock and saw nothing of the enemy . I intended to move ...
Page 34
... dismounted . The enemy were driven back and took a position upon a high ridge under cover of the guns at Negro Hill . Captain Humphreys , with his light battery , followed then and kept up a galling fire , which I could plainly see told ...
... dismounted . The enemy were driven back and took a position upon a high ridge under cover of the guns at Negro Hill . Captain Humphreys , with his light battery , followed then and kept up a galling fire , which I could plainly see told ...
Page 153
... dismounted as skir- mishers to drive them off . A great many were killed in this way , which was lucky , for our fresh meat was about out . I reached Fort Rice on the evening of the 8th instant ; the command arrived next day . I found ...
... dismounted as skir- mishers to drive them off . A great many were killed in this way , which was lucky , for our fresh meat was about out . I reached Fort Rice on the evening of the 8th instant ; the command arrived next day . I found ...
Page 154
... dismounted , and from the Second Minnesota Cavalry , Brackett's battalion , and Sixth Iowa Cavalry 100 men each , mounted on the best of the horses , with two howitzers , to go after Cap- tain Fisk and bring back his party . I would ...
... dismounted , and from the Second Minnesota Cavalry , Brackett's battalion , and Sixth Iowa Cavalry 100 men each , mounted on the best of the horses , with two howitzers , to go after Cap- tain Fisk and bring back his party . I would ...
Page 157
... dismounted and deployed as skirmishers on the right , Company G dismounted and skirmishing in the advance , three com- panies ( B , E , and F ) remaining mounted , and used as a reserve , under Command of Capt . D. C. Cram . After ...
... dismounted and deployed as skirmishers on the right , Company G dismounted and skirmishing in the advance , three com- panies ( B , E , and F ) remaining mounted , and used as a reserve , under Command of Capt . D. C. Cram . After ...
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