Pickets

Examples

• The most friendly relations seemed to exist between the pickets of the two armies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Smith's divisions had encountered the rebel advanced pickets as early as half-past seven. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Of course there was frequent skirmishing between pickets, but no serious battle was fought near either Petersburg or Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The rebel pickets also said that houses in the city had been pulled down to get material to build these boats with. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Smith was selected for the delicate duty of manning the boats and surprising the enemy's pickets on the south bank of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The bridge was seized by Gross's brigade after a slight skirmish with the pickets guarding it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Pickets and skirmishers were sent along our entire front to find the position of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He found pickets at the bridge, but they were soon driven off by a brigade of Willcox's division, and the stream was crossed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A few were to land east of the mouth of the South Chickamauga, capture the pickets there, and then lay a bridge connecting the two banks of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Accordingly, the pickets above Columbus were drawn in at once, and about daylight the boats moved out from shore. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When out of the way these latter corps followed, leaving pickets confronting the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• By nine o'clock Crocker, of McPherson's corps, who was now in advance, came upon the enemy's pickets and speedily drove them in upon the main body. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The picket lines were so close to each other--where there was space enough between the lines to post pickets--that the men could converse. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• His cavalry from Raymond seized Bolton by half-past nine in the morning, driving out the enemy's pickets and capturing several men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The pickets of the enemy on the river below were now cut off, and soon came in and surrendered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These were colored cavalry, and are now holding our advance pickets towards Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Smith's division on the most southern road was the first to encounter the enemy's pickets, who were speedily driven in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Between four and five o'clock in the afternoon the enemy attacked and drove in his pickets and re-occupied his old line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When they got to our lines they at once took possession and sent our pickets to the rear as prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Just back of these, and about equally distant from the creek, were the guards of the Confederate pickets. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Osterhaus, on the middle road, hearing the firing, pushed his skirmishers forward, found the enemy's pickets and forced them back to the main line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Sherman also came upon the rebel pickets some distance out from the town, but speedily drove them in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The rebel pickets were soon driven back upon the main guards, which occupied minor and detached heights between the main ridge and our lines. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The enemy's pickets extended out into the valley towards the town, so far that the pickets of the two armies could converse. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Taking advantage of this knowledge he sent his pickets, with their arms, creeping through to ours as if to desert. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The enemy lost most of his pickets at the ferry, captured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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