Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1885 |
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Page 581
... fire was lighted ; no unnecessary sound was permit- ted ; but silent , watchful , with mind and heart prepared for conflict , the Southern hosts waited for the morning . * * * Such was the situation , so far as our ene- mies were ...
... fire was lighted ; no unnecessary sound was permit- ted ; but silent , watchful , with mind and heart prepared for conflict , the Southern hosts waited for the morning . * * * Such was the situation , so far as our ene- mies were ...
Page 583
... fire upon them . After three or four rounds , the absurdity of firing at the enemy at that distance with our guns dawned upon us , and we stopped . As the smoke cleared up we saw the enemy still there , not having budged or fired a shot ...
... fire upon them . After three or four rounds , the absurdity of firing at the enemy at that distance with our guns dawned upon us , and we stopped . As the smoke cleared up we saw the enemy still there , not having budged or fired a shot ...
Page 584
... fire . Later in the war we should have dug holes for ourselves with our bayonets . We must have lain there hug- ging the ground for more than two hours , with now and then an intermission , listening to the flight of dreaded missiles ...
... fire . Later in the war we should have dug holes for ourselves with our bayonets . We must have lain there hug- ging the ground for more than two hours , with now and then an intermission , listening to the flight of dreaded missiles ...
Page 585
... fire upon us , which had been kept up with more or less fury for two or three hours . One of the little episodes of the battle happened about this time . We noticed that a Confederate , seated on one of the abandoned cannon I have ...
... fire upon us , which had been kept up with more or less fury for two or three hours . One of the little episodes of the battle happened about this time . We noticed that a Confederate , seated on one of the abandoned cannon I have ...
Page 586
... fire as we here experienced . As for my- self , at the beginning I jumped behind a little sapling not more than six inches in di- ameter , and instantly about six men ranged themselves behind me , one behind the oth- er . I thought they ...
... fire as we here experienced . As for my- self , at the beginning I jumped behind a little sapling not more than six inches in di- ameter , and instantly about six men ranged themselves behind me , one behind the oth- er . I thought they ...
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