...metaphor, "The Hornets' Nest." No figure of speech would be too strong to express the deadly peril of assault upon this natural fortress, whose inaccessible...poured forth a murderous storm of shot and shell and musket-fire which no living thing could quell or even withstand. Brigade after brigade was led against...

...metaphor, "The Hornets' Nest." No figure of speech would be too strong to express the deadly peril of assault upon this natural fortress, whose inaccessible...infernal gates poured forth a murderous storm of shot nnd shell and musket-fire which no living thing could quell or even withstand. Brigade after brigade...

...strong force of as hardy troops as ever fought. It was nicknamed by the Confederates the ' Hornet's Nest.' No figure of speech would be too strong to...poured forth a murderous storm of shot and shell and musket fire, which no living thing could quell or even withstand. Brigade after brigade was led against...

...and hastily prepared defences. No figure of speech would be too strong to express the deadly peril of assault upon this natural fortress, whose inaccessible...poured forth a murderous storm of shot and shell and musket fire, which no living thing could quell or even withstand." The same writer says, " No Confederate...

...Confederates ' The Hornets' Nest.' No figure of speech would be too strong to express the deadly peril of assault upon this natural fortress, whose inaccessible...infernal gates poured forth a murderous storm of shot, shell, and musket fire, which no living thing could quell. Brigade after brigade was led against it,...

...by Wallace's Division and by the remnants of Prentlss's Division. Here, behind a dense thicket 197 on the crest of a hill, was posted a strong force...of shot and shell and musketry fire which no living thiug could quell or even withstand. Brigade after brigade was led against it, but valor was of no...

...batteries. It was nicknamed by the Confederates by that very mild metaphor, "The Hornets' Nest." No ligure of speech would be too strong to express the deadly...brigade was led against it, but valor was of no avail. Hiudmau's brilliant brigades, which had swept everything before them from the lield, were shivered...

...too strong to express the deadly peril of an assault upon this natural fortress whose inaccessibl. barriers blazed for six hours with sheets of flame...shell and musketry fire which no living thing could qu.ll or even withstand. Brigade aft.r brigade was led against it, but valor was of no avail. Hindman's...

...by the fire of its batteries. No figure of speech would be too strong to express the deadly peril of assault upon this natural fortress, whose inaccessible...withstand. Brigade after brigade was led against it. Hindman's brigades, which earlier swept everything before them, were reduced to fragments and paralyzed...

...history of his father (General AS Johnston) speaks of the term as a "mild metaphor", and says that "no figure of speech would be too strong to express...poured forth a murderous storm of shot and shell and musket-fire which no living thing could quell or withstand".49 No more graphic description of the fight...