 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1866 - 602 Seiten
...give battle, but he found Hooker in a position of such strength that he hesitated. Lee says: — " The enemy had assumed a position of great natural...surrounded on all sides by a dense forest, filled with tangled undergrowth, in the midst of which breastworks of logs had been constructed, with trees felled... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1867 - 868 Seiten
...vigorously pursued by our troops, until they arrived within about one mile of Chancellorsville. Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural...had | been constructed, with trees felled in front «o as to form an almost impenetrable abatis. His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his... | |
 | John William Jones - 1879 - 402 Seiten
...now within a mile of Chancellorsville, and close up to the enemy's entrenchments. Here, as he says, the enemy had "assumed a position of great natural...surrounded on all sides by a dense forest, filled with tangled undergrowth, in the midst of which breastworks of logs had been constructed with trees felled... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1889 - 1294 Seiten
...rapidly, vigorously pursued by our troops until they arrived within about 1 mile of Chancellorsville. Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural...His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his position could be approached from the front, and commanded the adjacent woods. The left of his... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - 1881 - 882 Seiten
...vigorously pursued by our troops until they arrived within about one mile of Chancellorsville. Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural...His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his position could be approached from the front, and commanded the adjacent woods. The left of his... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - 1882 - 280 Seiten
...position as could have been found. Both Lee and Stuart regarded it as well chosen. Lee says: " Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural...constructed, with trees felled in front, so as to form an impenetrable abatis. His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his position could be approached... | |
 | Armistead Lindsay Long, Marcus Joseph Wright - 1886 - 760 Seiten
...vigorously pursued by our troops until they arrived within about one mile of Chancellorsville. Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural...His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his position could be approached from the front, and commanded the adjacent woods. The left of his... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - 1890 - 554 Seiten
...vigorously pursued by our troops until they arrived within about one mile of Chancellorsville. Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural...His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his position could be approached from the front, and commanded the adjacent woods. The left of his... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 554 Seiten
...and Lenders." Vol. III., p. IN. Report Committee on Conduct of the War, 1865. Part I., p. 64. ural strength, surrounded on all sides by a dense forest,...His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his position could be approached from the front and commanded theadjacent woods." — General Lee,... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 548 Seiten
...Battles and I.ender3." Vol. III., p. 169. Report Committee on Conduct of the War, 1s66. Part I., PM ural strength, surrounded on all sides by a dense forest,...almost impenetrable abatis. His artillery swept the fewnarrow roads by which his position could be approached from the front and commanded the adjacent... | |
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Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural strength, surrounded on all sides by a dense forest filled with a tangled undergrowth, in the midst of which breastworks of logs had been constructed, with trees felled in front so as to form an almost... 
