Savage's Station

American  

noun

1. a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle in 1862.

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Example Sentences

Of many noble examples of heroic self-devotion where Vermonters unflinchingly endured the storm of fire, the record of the 5th regiment at Savage's Station is memorable,—in the space of twenty minutes, every other man in the line was killed or wounded.

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Sunday found our troops feeling about the swamps for the retreating foe; and once more, late in the afternoon, distant thunder resounded from the severely contested field of Savage's Station, whence the enemy again retreated.

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The first intimation of the blunder was received at Savage’s Station, where the Confederates were decisively repulsed; yet the hope was not abandoned of ending the war by the destruction of the Army of the Potomac.

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The rebels attacked our forces with tremendous vigor at Savage’s Station.

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In the battles of Savage’s Station, Glendale and Malvern Hills, they were victorious, and fought as no troops had ever fought before.

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