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 . 0 ,^ _r- pO K ^ ?:) ^ ?^ = S $ f? ^- £? I g. B- 3cr 2: S s. - ?. ^ w o ^ & 3 2 S I 3 > Z S ?^ ^ l-H ^J c c - 0 r* l-^ > ?« S ^ Ul X a. -!. « —. THE AMERICAN CONFLICT. isliineiit, and the 9th corps was ral-lied to drive the foe out—Ilartranftsdivision making the counter
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 . 0 ,^ _r- pO K ^ ?:) ^ ?^ = S $ f? ^- £? I g. B- 3cr 2: S s. - ?. ^ w o ^ & 3 2 S I 3 > Z S ?^ ^ l-H ^J c c - 0 r* l-^ > ?« S ^ Ul X a. -!. « —. THE AMERICAN CONFLICT. isliineiit, and the 9th corps was ral-lied to drive the foe out—Ilartranftsdivision making the counter-assault—the Rebels were too few to holdtheir perilous position; while theground over which thej had reachedit was so swept bv our guns fromeither side, that 2,000 preferred tosurrender rather than follow theirfleeing comrades through that terri-ble fire. Aside from tliis, the loss ofeither armj was some 2,500. Xor was this the extent of theenemys mishap. Gen. Meade, con-vinced that their lines generally musthave been depleted to strengthen thisassault, ordered an advance along thefront of the 6th and 2d corps, hold-ino our works before Petersburs; tothe left of Fort Steedman ; and thiswas made with such spirit that thethinned line of the enemy recoiled be-fore it, and their strongly intrenchedpicket-line was wrested from themand permanently held by their an-taironists. Thus, instead of shakinghimself free from Grants gripe, Leehad only tightened it by this
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