The federals had set fire to his house and it burned with his household things and personal belongings inside. |
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Finally, the Federals ran out of ammunition and turned to fighting hand-to-hand with bayonets, scrambling through the forest and the underbrush. |
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The Federals, caught out of formation, were routed and were soon in retreat, abandoning their standards and hundreds of prisoners. |
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Still, Confederates struck hard at McPherson's Federals in a fierce day-long battle. |
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Federals arrested only six of the bushwhackers identified in the 1860 census in a county other than the one where he resided. |
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The latter was instantly boarded by the Federals, when the two young men from Halifax were seized and put in irons. |
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The Federals made contact with the Confederates at about 0615 hours. |
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Federals should be engaged in providing infrastructure. |
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Seriously mauled, the Federals fell back to their starting point. |
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Still, the Colonial League experiment was successful enough in its first season for the Federals to become interested in pursuing it as a farm league for its excess players. |
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