Image: Battle of Milliken's Bend- Hillen 1864 (14576291300) (cropped)

Description: Identifier: soldierinourcivi02lesl (find matches) Title: The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife Year: 1893 (1890s) Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841, ed Campbell-Copeland, T. (Thomas), ed Beath, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1839-1914 Vandervoort, Paul. History of the Grand Army of the Republic Avery, I. W. (Isaac Wheeler), 1837-1897. History of the Confederate Veterans' Association Davis, A. P. History of the Sons of Veterans Merrill, Frank P. History of the Sons of Veterans Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Navy Grand Army of the Republic United Confederate Veterans Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Publisher: New York Atlanta : Stanley Bradley Pub. Co. Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: d demand for the surrenderrapidly followed. General Forrest oDercd to allowtwenty mintites in which to move tho troops fromthe fort, adding that if the latter was not evacuatedin that time he would order a general ossuiilt. Major Bradford refused tho surrender, ond imme-diately thereafter, at bugle-sound, some of For-rests men, who had concealed IhemEolves along thoravines and in the neighboring hnildnigs vhilc Ihanegotiations for a surrender wero going en, madea dush in diHerent directions, and obluincd pos-session of tho fort, with tho cry of No qrnrlcr!But little opportunity waa offered for iCFittanco.The Federals threw down their arms ond fonghtescape down the high bluffs upon which tho fortwas situated, as well aa ihronghout the town.They were pursued, and on indiscriminate slanghteifollowed. Inside and outside tho fort nearly all were mnr-dcred. Pollard, in his Third Teai of the Vfar,says: There is no doubt tha^ for some momentathe Confederate officers lost control of their mea. Text Appearing After Image: THE MSSHO Of TUB WAB.—VABIOUS EMP1.0T5IB Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Battle of Milliken's Bend- Hillen 1864 (14576291300) (cropped)
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