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Title: The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery
Publisher: Hartford : O.D. Case & Co. Chicago : Geo. & C.W. Sherwood
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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Lt.-Col. Mc-Coy, swept closely past the flanlc ofBrowns column, when McCoy in-stantly wheeled his forward com-panies into line, and gave a volley,which, delivered at close q^uarters onthe flank and rear of the Rebel col-umn, threw it into utter disorder androut: one of McCoys men seizingBrown by the collar and dragginghim into our lines, while nearly 1,000of his men were gathered up as pri-soners. Our loss here was but 350,and the enemys attack was com-pletely foiled. Warren establishedand intrenched his lines without far-ther resistance. Gen. Hancock struck tlie NorthAnna at the Chesterfield bridge, amile above the Fredericksburg rail-road, where he was confronted byMcLawss division of LongstreetsC0113S, mainly across the river, butholding an ugly fortification or bridge-head on this side ; which, at 6 p. m.,after a vigorous fire from three sec-tions of artillery, was stormed andcarried by Pierces and Egans brig- May 17. VOL. n.—37 May 6. May 21. May 23. 5TS THE AMERICAN CONFLICT.
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POSITIONS ON THE NORTH ANNA ades of Birneys division, who sweptover the plain on the double-quick,disregarding the heavy fire of its de-fenders, swarmed over the parapet,and drove out the garrison, capturing30, with a total loss of 150. Repeat-ed efforts by the enemy to burn thebridge during the ensuing night werebafiled; and in the morning it wasdiscovered that they had retreated;when Hancock quietly crossed andestablished himself on the south side;as Wright, following Warren, haddone at Jericho ford the night before.The passage of the river thusseemed to be triumphantly andcheaply effected; but tlie appearancewas dehisive. The river was barelyfordable at different points, withhigh, rocky banks; and Lee hadchosen a strong position, with bothflanks drawn back; his right cov-ered by marslies; his left restingon Little river; his front on the!North Anna narrow and strong; ourarmy being situated much as his was at Gettysburg, when Meade was ableto throw divisions and corps fromright to l

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