Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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... corps , and a reserve division , may be estimated at not far from 70,000 . Gen. Halleck soon after took the field in person , and pre- pared for an advance on the enemy's stronghold at Corinth , to which place Beauregard retired with ...
... corps , and a reserve division , may be estimated at not far from 70,000 . Gen. Halleck soon after took the field in person , and pre- pared for an advance on the enemy's stronghold at Corinth , to which place Beauregard retired with ...
Page 341
... Corps . The President , sustained by the best military authori- ties and advisers , if not by the universal practice ... corps , to be commanded according to seniority of rank , as follows : First Corps , to consist of four divisions ...
... Corps . The President , sustained by the best military authori- ties and advisers , if not by the universal practice ... corps , to be commanded according to seniority of rank , as follows : First Corps , to consist of four divisions ...
Page 343
... corps , shall leave said city entirely secure . That no more than two army corps ( about fifty thousand troops ) of said Army of the Potomac shall be moved en route for a new base of operations until the navigation of the Poto- mac ...
... corps , shall leave said city entirely secure . That no more than two army corps ( about fifty thousand troops ) of said Army of the Potomac shall be moved en route for a new base of operations until the navigation of the Poto- mac ...
Page 345
... corps , at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac , were of the opinion- I. That the enemy having retreated from Manassas to Gor- donsville , behind the Rappahannock and Rapidan , it is the opinion of the Generals commanding army corps ...
... corps , at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac , were of the opinion- I. That the enemy having retreated from Manassas to Gor- donsville , behind the Rappahannock and Rapidan , it is the opinion of the Generals commanding army corps ...
Page 347
... corps , also , has not been fully complied with . Meanwhile , the movement of troops from Alexandria to Fortress Monroe had commenced . Gen. Hamilton's division , of the Third Corps , embarked on the 17th of March , and was followed by ...
... corps , also , has not been fully complied with . Meanwhile , the movement of troops from Alexandria to Fortress Monroe had commenced . Gen. Hamilton's division , of the Third Corps , embarked on the 17th of March , and was followed by ...
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