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Title: The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841, ed Campbell-Copeland, T. (Thomas), ed Beath, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1839-1914 Vandervoort, Paul. History of the Grand Army of the Republic Avery, I. W. (Isaac Wheeler), 1837-1897. History of the Confederate Veterans' Association Davis, A. P. History of the Sons of Veterans Merrill, Frank P. History of the Sons of Veterans
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Navy Grand Army of the Republic United Confederate Veterans Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Publisher: New York Atlanta : Stanley Bradley Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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atterieE oiartillery. Tho Sowalls Point and Craney Islandbatteries 1Y3 o at oneo engaged by theBnuadron, the Monitor and tho Stevensbeing stationed iu tho immediate front,Tho Confederates did not respond forsome tinio, and when thoy dually roturned lire, showed that but seventeen„-.!iis remained in the main battery a!Sowalls Point. At half-prat two oclocktho Confederate ram Merrimack (Firginia) camo out from Norfolk, apparent!)to engage tho squadron; but when theMonitor advuncod toward hur, sho steumoc1nuok, and kupt out of reach. The shelling of tho battorioS continuedduring the afternoon, and caused tho com-ploto destniotion of the Oonfodornto bar*racks, and of many of tho earthworks.Shortly after five oclock tho squadronwas o ill ere 11 back, and the troops won)disembarked. A rcconnoissnnco was madtho following day by General Wool, incompany with Secretary Ohaso and somaleading topographical engineura, when itwas decided to bunl aboat S.uOC uuui » iA THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR
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THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR. 39 Ocean View, on Willongbb/B Beacli. That dameafternoon tio troops were re-embark**,, tlio lat-teries once novo engaged, in order to direct at-tention from (lie real object of the movement,met early on the morning of the 10th the. Fed- erals landed at Ocean Vi<Generals Wool, Vieleiiiid Mansfield then tookeummand. A force wasimmediately sent to takepossession of and guard.ho hridgo over TannersCreek, In tht .ear of the without opposition. to apoirit about two and ahalf miles south of Win- Jackson? attempt on the Feueral left havingChester, closely pursued by Turner Ashbys cavalry, proved unsuccessful, ho centred his attention nponSbielda was in hopes that Jackson would attack its right flank, toward which additional batterieshim, and thus delay the posssiblo junction with were directed, while at the same time a renewedJohnston before Richmond. attack was made on the left. The movement was On the 22d of March, Ashbya cavalry made so well directed and so

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