Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very pleasantly with a vaulting contest. The bar was started at 5 feet 4 inches. Walsh, '84, Atkinson and O. S. Howard, '85, and Bachelder, L. S., were the entries. Howard and Bachelder went out at the same height leaving Walsh the winner, as Atkinson was only trying to break the record. In this he failed, only clearing 7 feet 1 1-4 inches. Walsh's record was 6 feet 9 1-2 inches...
...loyal citizens of eastern Tennessee would be protected, and Kentucky, free from inroads, would be saved to the Union. Moreover, from Chattanooga railways led either north and east to Lynchburg and Richmond in Virginia, or southeasterly to Atlanta. By following either of these routes the Union generals hoped to break up the Confederacy at a single blow. After much delay Rosecrans moved forward and compelled Bragg who was blocking the road and passes to Chattanooga to retire into that city. Rosecrans advanced still farther and by skillful manoeuvering which deceived Bragg placed that general in such a position that...
...flank believed that his army was defeated and retired to the rear to prepare for gathering the fugitives. Thomas, who still remained firm, thought otherwise and made every effort to hold the enemy in check. Bragg's army, and especially Longstreet's corps, made desperate attacks to break and route the thin lines remaining under Thomas. It was a struggle between veterans. Several times the bayonets alone remained to keep off the enemy from the Union front. When evening came the troops of Bragg, balked in their endeavors, could not be made to attack again The Union army was saved...
...same time and place as those for that meeting, or at my room, 25 Holyoke St. The following are the events: Two hand vault, double trapeze, running high jump, flying rings, rope climbing, horizontal bar, pole vault. Winners at the previous meeting are barred, except in an attempt to break a record. Two prizes are offered in case of five entries. Reserved tickets may be obtained for the Monday Evening Meeting at Bartlett's or at the Co-operative office by paying 25 ets. extra...
...dawned, and the armies for the third time faced each other at close quarters. After a hard struggle Johnson was driven back and the right of the line restored. But the afternoon was to see the great work of the day, the final attempt of Lee to break Meade's army. The place selected for an attack was the centre of the line. After a fire of artillery, to demoralize the Federal troops, the Confederates advanced. 14,000 men, led by Pickett, Wilcox and Pettigrew, rushed forward. They got separated, and not supporting each other, all were captured or compelled...