Identifier: soldierinourcivi02lesl (find matches)
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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o meantime been or-dered to seiKO and hold Hoovers Gap. Wilflorsmounted infantry, which led he advancing column,found the entrance to the Gup unprotected, andinstead of awaiting there the arrival of Reynoldssdivision, ho moved ahead, meeting with oo resist-ance until ho reached Beech Grorc. The latterWU3 occupied by the remainder of Cleburnes force,with which Reynolds hud an encounter, and whiLSfor a while threatened by its superior numbers toovercome him; hut after a sharp engagement hofell hack in time lo u point along a rdge of woodsto the right, wbcro Reynolds had meanwhile stronglyposted all of his force. With tho reinfnrccmcntabrought by Reynolds and Rousseau, thn Confed-erates were afterward driven out of tho woods, andthe possession of tho Gup was made secure againstall possible further attacks. Granger had in the meantime been joined byStanley at Christiana, whence they had proceededtogether and aftorwoid taken Guys Gap, oflor ■ I4i THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR. .■^-*wi!^
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THn SOLOrER IN OVR CIlIL WAR. Ifi, Bwv hoaiF engageinent Iney had then movedupon and occnpied ShelbyvjUe, which Bragg badabandoned for Trillohoma, und whence the Coofed-■smtea. imdor General Wheeler, were driven acrossDuck Uivcr, with the loss of about five hundredprisonora, three gnns and n large quantity ofproriaions. Wildera brigade hod at aboat the same timea trpriacd and captured the town of Jfanehoaler,whore Ilcynoldss entire dirJBJon imnicdiati;ly fol-lowed him, and where Roaucmna was thus enabledto establiah bia hcodquarteni during the otlcmoorjof the 37th. Two days later the ontiro army wasencamped at the same place. The day following hia arrival at Manchester,Hoaccrana ordered Wilder to destroy tho bridgeover tho Elk Iliver. and the railway between Cowanand Doclierd, in Bragga rear; hut Wildera force,nnilor Colonel Uunroe. found the bridge stronglyguarded by Withera division, which prevcntod its Of SleCooka corps, Johnsons division was toAc va. ^^ Salem, where Sheridans di

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