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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Short studies of American authors 56 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 14 2 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 12 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 12 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 9 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 9 9 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 8 0 Browse Search
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 6 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 6 Browse Search
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der cover of our own retreating men, came to the assault. They approached to within one hundred yards of the fort unharmed. Then commenced a series of desperate and daring attacks, stubborn resistance, death, carnage and horror scarcely equalled during the war. These men were the veterans of the Potomac — the flower of Longstreet's army — and, confident of promised victory, plunged into a boiling hell of lead. Wires had been stretched from stump to stump in front of the works by Capt. Poe. Over these the advancing enemy fell in confused heaps, with the killed and wounded around them. Our artillery men hurried shell by hand; forward over the impediments came the doomed rebels! Hot and hotter became the battle, until the ground over which they passed was carpeted with the slain. --The ditch was piled with dead, wounded, and dying. Not one on their side faltered — not a score of the gallant stormers escaped. The sun, rising, looked down through the cold mist and chill<