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Title: Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 Pittenger, William, 1840-1904 Richards, A. E. (Adolphus Edwards), 1844-1920 Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916 Willcox, Orlando B Hines, Thomas Henry Moran, Frank E Shelton, W. H. (William Henry), 1840-1932? Wood, John Taylor
Subjects: Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916 Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Libby Prison Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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theyhad captured the other. Preparations for crossingwere begun; but, just as the first boat was about topush off, an unexpected musketry fire was openedfrom the Indiana side by a party of home-guards col-lected behind some houses and haystacks. They werein pursuit of Captain Thomas H. Hines, who had thatmorning returned from Indiana to Kentucky, afterhaving undertaken a brief expedition of his own.This fire did no harm, the river here being eight hun-dred or a thousand yards wide. But in a few minutesthe bright gleam of a field-piece spouted through thelow-hanging mist on the farther bank. Its shellpitched into a group near the wharf, severely wound-ing Captain W. H. Wilson, acting quartermaster ofthe First Brigade. Several shots from this piece fol-lowed in quick succession, but it was silenced byLieutenant Lawrence with, his Parrotts. The 2d Ken-tucky and 9th Tennessee were speedily ferried overwithout their horses, and forming under the bluff A ROMANCE OF MORGANS ROUGH-EIDEKS 131
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132 ADVENTUKES AND ESCAPES IN THE CIVIL WAR they advanced upon the militia, which had retiredto a wooded ridge some six hundred yards from theriver-bank, abandoning the gun. The two regimentswere moving across some open ground, toward theridge, sustaining no loss from the volleys fired atthem, and the boats had scarcely returned for furtherservice when a more formidable enemy appeared. Agunboat, the JElh, steamed rapidly round the bend, andbegan firing alternately upon the troops in the townand those already across. The situation was now ex-tremely critical. We could not continue the ferriagewhile this little vixen remained, for one well-directedshot would have sent either of the boats to the bottom.Delay was exceedingly hazardous, affording the enemyopportunity to cut off the regiments we had alreadysent over, and giving the cavalry in pursuit of us timeto come up. If forced to give up the attempt to crossthe river, we must also abandon our comrades on theother side. So every piece o

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