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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...east of Sharpsburg, where all his troops, except Hill's division, joined him. The Union forces were drawn up against him; and both sides fought fiercely during the seventeenth. Both parties were exhausted, and the Confederates began to draw in their lines. Then Sedgwick's fresh division of 6000 northern men made a charge. But at that moment Hill came up with his soldiers from Harper's Ferry, charged Sedgwick in the flank, and in twenty minutes routed the whole division. Then Burnside's troops drove up the southern wing of the Confederates. But Hill's division drove Burnside back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lost Dispatch, or the Story of Antietam. | 3/4/1886 | See Source »

...important duty, when their further services were declared to be unnecessary. Later on many regular troops were equipped here with arms and ammunition, and in 1864, at the time when the "Merrimac" was creating such havoc in the neighborhood of Norfolk, Governor Andrew had an addition put on the northern side, and also erected the little building which stood just to the east of the addition. This he had fitted up as a workshop for the manufacture of muskets. As a state enterprise, however, this was not a success, and work was soon discontinued...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Arsenal. | 2/24/1886 | See Source »

English VI. Oral discussion, opened by Messrs. Campbell and Chamberlain: The Northern Prisoners in the South during the War. Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calendar. | 1/13/1886 | See Source »

English VI. Oral discussion, opened by Messrs. Campbell and Chamberlain: The Northern Prisoners in the South during the War. Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 1/9/1886 | See Source »

...meeting of the Northern League, Holden was debarred from playing next year. The rule passed was, "that no player belonging to two colleges shall be allowed to play" and "that Holden is debarred from playing in the northern league in the future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/21/1885 | See Source »

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