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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... fire from the enemy , their lines being in some places not more than fifty yards from our own . The fight was severe until about 10 o'clock , when a detachment of the Fifteenth Illi- nois Cavalry , under Major Carmichael , came to our ...
... fire from the enemy , their lines being in some places not more than fifty yards from our own . The fight was severe until about 10 o'clock , when a detachment of the Fifteenth Illi- nois Cavalry , under Major Carmichael , came to our ...
Page 26
... fire - arms . This boasted regiment , which has weekly made a pilgrimage to Searc and thrown to us the gauge of defiance , was whipped , routed , and sca tered , and only saved from utter annihilation by the superior qualit of its ...
... fire - arms . This boasted regiment , which has weekly made a pilgrimage to Searc and thrown to us the gauge of defiance , was whipped , routed , and sca tered , and only saved from utter annihilation by the superior qualit of its ...
Page 34
... fire , which I could plainly see told with consid erable effect among the cavalry on the road . The enemy soon brought up a four - gun battery ( Rabb's ; I suppose ) and commenced a furious cannonade upon our light howitzers , the shot ...
... fire , which I could plainly see told with consid erable effect among the cavalry on the road . The enemy soon brought up a four - gun battery ( Rabb's ; I suppose ) and commenced a furious cannonade upon our light howitzers , the shot ...
Page 42
... fire into them , killing some 20. Casualties in my command , horses killed . Respectfully submitted . FRANK . MOORE , Major , Commanding Second Illinois Volunteer Cavalry . Captain STEIN , Acting Assistant Adjutant - General . JULY 5-6 ...
... fire into them , killing some 20. Casualties in my command , horses killed . Respectfully submitted . FRANK . MOORE , Major , Commanding Second Illinois Volunteer Cavalry . Captain STEIN , Acting Assistant Adjutant - General . JULY 5-6 ...
Page 67
... fire until he drew up on his game , was just in the act of shooting at short range when his horse fell headlong , precipitating the rider over his head with a fearful fall . The horse recovered and ran away after the guerrilla ...
... fire until he drew up on his game , was just in the act of shooting at short range when his horse fell headlong , precipitating the rider over his head with a fearful fall . The horse recovered and ran away after the guerrilla ...
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