I saw an open field, in our possession on the second day, over which the Confederates had made repeated charges the day before, so covered with dead that it would have been possible to walk across the clearing, in any direction, stepping on dead bodies,... History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania - Page 48by Henry Wilson Storey - 1907 - 1844 pagesFull view - About this book
| American literature - 1885 - 980 pages
...fought at the West during the war, and but few in the East equaled it for hard, determined fighting. I saw an open field, in our possession on the second...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground. On our side Federal and Confederate were mingled together in about equal... | |
| Education - 1886 - 738 pages
...the Confederates fought until they were literally cut to pieces. " I saw an open field," he writes, " over which the Confederates had made repeated charges...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground." "The Confederate troops fought well," is Grant's laconic remark on all... | |
| Ulysses Simpson Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 614 pages
...fullest admission. during the war, and but few in the East equalled it for hard, determined fighting. I saw an open field, in our possession on the second...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground. On our side National and Confederate troops were mingled together in about... | |
| Generals - 1885 - 108 pages
...fought at the West during the war, and but few in the East equalled it for hard, determined fighting. I saw an open field, in our possession on the second day, over which the Confederate forces had made repeated charges the day before, so covered with dead that it would have... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1886 - 550 pages
...fought at the West during the war, and but few in the East equalled it for hard, determined fighting. I saw an open field, in our possession on the second...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground. . . . The enemy fought bravely, but they had started out to defeat and... | |
| English periodicals - 1886 - 520 pages
...the Confederates fought until they were literally cut to pieces. " I saw an open field," he writes, " over which the Confederates had made repeated charges...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground." "The Confederate troops fought well," is Grant's laconic remark on all... | |
| Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buel - United States - 1887 - 784 pages
...fought at the West during the war, and but few in the East equaled it for hard, determined fighting. I saw an open field, in our possession on the second...that it would have been possible to walk across the dealing, in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground. On our side... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - United States - 1888 - 580 pages
...says of an open field on this part of the line, overwhich repeated charges were made, that it was " so covered with dead that it would have been possible...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground. On our side National and Confederate troops were mingled together in about... | |
| H. O. Mackey - Anecdotes - 1890 - 360 pages
...950. War, Horrors of. -•"I SAW an open field, over which the Confederates had made repeated charges, so covered with dead, that it would have been possible...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground." — General Grant. 951. War, Horrors of. GENERAL GRANT, speaking of the... | |
| Ulysses Simpson Grant - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1892 - 612 pages
...fullest admission. during the war, and but few in the East equalled it for hard, determined fighting. I saw an open field, in our possession on the second...in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground. On our side National and Confederate troops were mingled together in about... | |
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