Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. Late Retired General. U. S. A.

CHAPTER XIII.

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"AGATE'S" STORY CONTINUED.

The Close of Sunday's Fight--What had been Lost During the Day--Five Thousand Cowards on the River Bank--Opportune Arrival of General Buell--The Grand Attack and its Grand Repulse--Aid from the Gunboats--The Night Between Two Battles--Desperate Preparations for the Morrow--Gunboats on Guard Through the Darkness 172