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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
rise near the former, separates from it and unites with a third, Snake Creek, running from the north-west, and forms impassable swamps to the north, crosses the swamps below the confluence of Owl Creek and Snake Creek. In the centre a third road leads towards the north-west to thento the angle comprised between the Tennessee and the marshes of Snake Creek. On Sunday, the 6th, Hardee started before break of day. The ind all the other Federal positions are the impassable swamps of Snake Creek, and the army cannot go back another step without falling into thalf-past 11 at Crump's Landing. At last he is ordered to cross Snake Creek to take position on the right of the Federal line, and his soldiht having been repulsed, he had to look for it near the mouth of Snake Creek. He therefore followed the road leading to the church of Shilohwas to extend the extreme Federal right as far as the borders of Snake Creek. Three regular batteries of artillery were ready to support this