Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 21Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1852 |
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Page 130
... Pass of Cerro Gordo was reconnoitered the following day-- the entire division marching within supporting distance - by Johnston , of the Topographical Engineers , who was se- verely wounded by the fire of the enemy . Ascertaining ...
... Pass of Cerro Gordo was reconnoitered the following day-- the entire division marching within supporting distance - by Johnston , of the Topographical Engineers , who was se- verely wounded by the fire of the enemy . Ascertaining ...
Page 138
... pass on that side , and were not fortified or occupied . Exterior , or north of them , arise two conical mounts , the Atalaya , masked from the road by the upper portion of the second ridge , and , facing it on the west , separated by a ...
... pass on that side , and were not fortified or occupied . Exterior , or north of them , arise two conical mounts , the Atalaya , masked from the road by the upper portion of the second ridge , and , facing it on the west , separated by a ...
Page 139
... pass below . Trees were cut , along the entire slope , to increase the difficulties of the ascent . At the salient were placed six guns , which swept the pass for a mile , and could likewise bear on the roads leading to the forts . West ...
... pass below . Trees were cut , along the entire slope , to increase the difficulties of the ascent . At the salient were placed six guns , which swept the pass for a mile , and could likewise bear on the roads leading to the forts . West ...
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AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 273 | 121 |
GIFT BOOKS AND ANNUALS FOR 1852 | 176 |
HALMS SON OF THE WILDERNESS 426 | 341 |
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