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On the Skirmish Line
Second Battle of Manassas
Thirty minutes before the ...
The First Line of Defense: The Union Skirmish Line
After sunset on September 14, 1862, the Confederate cannon...
Battle on the Skirmish Line
May 24, 1864 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Grant misinterpreted Le...
Results for On the Skirmish Line
On the Skirmish Line
Second Battle of Manassas
Thirty minutes before the main assault, Colonel Hiram Berdan's 1st U.S. Sharpshooters clambered over the fence along the Groveton-Sudley Road and dashed into the open pasture. The skilled marksmen kept up a steady fire with their breech-loading ...
The First Line of Defense: The Union Skirmish Line
After sunset on September 14, 1862, the Confederate cannons across the road on School House Ridge vanished in the darkness. The features of the landscape began to blur as the shell-shocked Union soldiers on Bolivar Heights wondered if they could ...
Battle on the Skirmish Line
May 24, 1864 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Grant misinterpreted Lee’s withdrawal on May 23 and 24 as Confederate weakness and ordered the Army of the Potomac to brush aside any scattered Rebel resistance and advance to Richmond. Major General Ambrose E. Burnside ...
