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... fight it out . Stubborn " Dutch " Longstreet , distrustful of Lee's plan of battle , was slow to get his troops in motion against the Union left ; the Federal troops waiting on Cemetery Ridge began to think the day might pass without a ...
... fight it out . Stubborn " Dutch " Longstreet , distrustful of Lee's plan of battle , was slow to get his troops in motion against the Union left ; the Federal troops waiting on Cemetery Ridge began to think the day might pass without a ...
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... fight him in the Wilderness , a dense forest of scrub oak , dwarf pines , and hazel thickets , crisscrossed by ... fighting at close quarters . Vicious rifle - flashes split through the murky thickets . The heavy woods deadened the roll ...
... fight him in the Wilderness , a dense forest of scrub oak , dwarf pines , and hazel thickets , crisscrossed by ... fighting at close quarters . Vicious rifle - flashes split through the murky thickets . The heavy woods deadened the roll ...
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... fighting , terrible casualties . Grant had lost a third of his army , but on the 13th he telegraphed : " I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer . " Lincoln read the message to a crowd . The words echoed through ...
... fighting , terrible casualties . Grant had lost a third of his army , but on the 13th he telegraphed : " I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer . " Lincoln read the message to a crowd . The words echoed through ...
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The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
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