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My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field By: Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896) |
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BY CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN, AUTHOR OF "STORY OF LIBERTY," "BOYS OF '76," "OUR NEW WAY
ROUND THE WORLD," "FOLLOWING THE FLAG,"
"WINNING HIS WAY," ETC. BOSTON DANA ESTES AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright , 1887, BY ESTES AND LAURIAT
[Illustration: "The brigade goes down the road upon the run."]
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY. PAGE TO THE YOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES. 1
Chap. I. HOW THE REBELLION CAME ABOUT 3
II. THE GATHERING OF A GREAT ARMY 22
III. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN 37
IV. THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY 65
V. THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON 89
Thursday 98
Friday 104
Saturday 111
VI. THE SURRENDER 132
VII. THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING 153
VIII. THE BATTLE OF PITTSBURG LANDING
From Daybreak till Ten o'clock 171
From Ten o'clock till Four 197
Sunday Evening 205
Monday 210
IX. EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS 229
X. OPERATIONS AT NEW MADRID 237
XI. OPERATIONS AT ISLAND NUMBER TEN 247
XII. FROM FORT PILLOW TO MEMPHIS 281
XIII. THE NAVAL FIGHT AT MEMPHIS 291
LIST OF DIAGRAMS.
PAGE Bull Run Battle Ground 60
The Fight at Blackburn's Ford 62
The Country around Fort Henry and Fort Donelson 69
Fort Henry 81
Fort Donelson 95
The Attack on McClernand 114
The Second Engagement 123
The Charge of Lauman's Brigade 128
Pittsburg Landing and Vicinity 155
Disposition of Troops at the Beginning of the Battle 173
The Fight at the Ravine 208
A Rebel Torpedo 230
Island No. 10 239
A Mortar 248
The Naval Fight at Memphis 295
MILITARY TERMS.
Abatis. Trees cut down, their branches made sharp, and used to block
a road, or placed in front of fortifications. Advance. Any portion of an army which is in front of the rest. Aides de camp. Officers selected by general officers to assist them
in their military duties. Ambulances. Carriages for the sick and wounded. Battery. A battery consists of one or more pieces of artillery. A
full battery of field artillery consists of six cannon. Battalion. A battalion consists of two or more companies, but less
than a regiment. Bombardment. Throwing shot or shells into a fort or earthwork. Canister. A tin cylinder filled with cast iron shot. When the gun is
fired, the cylinder bursts and scatters the shot over a wide surface of
ground. Caisson. An artillery carriage, containing ammunition for immediate
use. Casemate. A covered chamber in fortifications, protected by earth
from shot and shells. Columbiad. A cannon, invented by Colonel Bomford, of very large
calibre, used for throwing shot or shells. A ten inch columbiad weighs
15,400 pounds, and is ten and a half feet long. Column. A position in which troops may be placed... Continue reading book >>
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