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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 13: invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania-operations before Petersburg and in the Shenandoah Valley. (search)
, first in clearing away most dangerous obstructions, In front of their works the Confederates had strong abatis, and also tripping wires, such as the Nationals used at Knoxville and elsewhere. Among these were sharp stakes, which might impale those who were thrown down by the wires. and then in halting in the crater, as if seeking shelter from a storm of shot and shell. No such storm occurred until long after the explosion; Lieutenant-Colonel Pleasants, in his report, made on the 2d of August, says:--I stood on the top of our breastworks, and witnessed the effect of the explosion on the enemy. It so completely paralyzed them, that the breadth of the breach, instead of being two hundred feet, was practically four or five hundred yards. The rebels in the forts both on the right and left of the explosion ran away, and for over an hour, as well as I could judge, not a shot was fired by their artillery. There was no fire from the infantry from the front for at least half an hour,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 16: career of the Anglo-Confederate pirates.--closing of the Port of Mobile — political affairs. (search)
s. This caused the gathering of the whaling fleet. bearing the American flag, and exciting no suspicions of her character, when she suddenly revealed her mission, and before five o'clock that evening, she had made prizes of ten whale ships, of which eight were set on fire and burned in a group before midnight. it was an ill-omened day for them and the insurance offices in New Bedford, said the historian of her cruise. This was the last act in the horrid drama of the Civil War. on the 2d of August the Commander of the Shenandoah was satisfactorily informed of the end of the Rebellion, before the raid on the whaling fleet, a San Francisco newspaper had reached the Shenandoah, with news of the surrender of Lee and Johnston, and the end of the War, but he did not choose to consider it authentic, coming from the enemy. by an English bark, when, contrary to the wishes of the ship's company, Waddell proceeded with his vessel to England, and delivered her as a prize to the British na