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English: General Robert E. Lee

Identifier: storyofconfedera00derr (find matches)
Title: Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Derry, Joseph Tyrone, 1841-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America -- History
Publisher: Richmond, Va., B.F. Johnson Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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et with a coiliplete Ie-pulse. In the afternoon another attack was made onthe same part of the line by Warrens corps, but againthe Bo^s in Blue were hurled back, leaving theground covered with their dead and wounded. Ex-pecting a renewal of the assault, many of the Confed-erates went out in front of their works, and, gather-ing up the muskets and cartridge-boxes of the deadand wounded, brought them in and distributed themalong the line. If they did not have repeating rifles,they had a very good substitute—several loaded onesto each man.^ At last the assault came, and in suchforce that in one or two places the Federals brokethrough the Southern lines, but they were driven outagain and forced back to the cover of their own works.Generals James C. Rice and T. G. Stevenson wereamong the Union dead in this days fight. 20. The next day passed without serious fighting.It was on that day Grant sent to Halleck his famous ^ E. M. Law in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. IV., page129.
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GEFTBRAL ROBERT E. LEE. I 313 ) 314 Story op the Confederate States. dispatch, in which he stated his purpose to fight itout on this line if it takes all summer. 21. On the 12th came the most determined effort ofGrant to break Lees line. During the night of the11th Hancocks corps was massed in front oi EdwardJohnsons division, of Ewells corps. These troopsoccupied an elevated point somewhat advanced fromthe general line, and known as the Salient. Atdawn (May 12th) Hancocks men, by a sudden rush,burst over the Salient, capturing Edward Johnson,with 2,800 of his men and twenty cannon. Thenextending their line across the works on both sides ofthe Salient, they resumed their advance when Lanesbrigade, of Hills corps, which was on the right of thecaptured works, attacked Hancocks left wing, checkedits advance, and forced it back. Just at this timeGeneral C. A. Evans led Gordons veteran brigadeagainst Hancocks right, causing a momentary check.At nearly the same instant other Confederate res

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