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Page 383
... corps commanders for the Peninsula cam- paign . Three corps , under the former , were to land at fort- ress Monroe . Banks was to move to the Rappahannock , and down the river to Fredericksburg , thence southward to Han- over junction ...
... corps commanders for the Peninsula cam- paign . Three corps , under the former , were to land at fort- ress Monroe . Banks was to move to the Rappahannock , and down the river to Fredericksburg , thence southward to Han- over junction ...
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... corps , Richmond would not be taken , as it was two months after . McClellan and his brave corps commanders had fought their way to this point on a promise , and if that promise was not fulfilled , they knew they had fought in vain ...
... corps , Richmond would not be taken , as it was two months after . McClellan and his brave corps commanders had fought their way to this point on a promise , and if that promise was not fulfilled , they knew they had fought in vain ...
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... corps finished the line , that curved back nearly to the river again below , in a huge semicircle . The shattered , mutilated Pennsylvania reserve corps was stationed behind Porter and Couch as a reserve . Thus stood the immortal army ...
... corps finished the line , that curved back nearly to the river again below , in a huge semicircle . The shattered , mutilated Pennsylvania reserve corps was stationed behind Porter and Couch as a reserve . Thus stood the immortal army ...
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... corps , composed of Rickett's , Meade's , and Doubleday's divisions , was ordered , on the afternoon of the 16th , to cross Antietam Creek by the upper bridge and a ford near it , attack the enemy's left , and fix himself firmly there ...
... corps , composed of Rickett's , Meade's , and Doubleday's divisions , was ordered , on the afternoon of the 16th , to cross Antietam Creek by the upper bridge and a ford near it , attack the enemy's left , and fix himself firmly there ...
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... corps became engaged , and was terribly pressed till night fell , when the battle ended . Terrill's brigade was driven back in a rout , and he was killed , as well as Jackson , who commanded the division . The brave , heroic Rousseau ...
... corps became engaged , and was terribly pressed till night fell , when the battle ended . Terrill's brigade was driven back in a rout , and he was killed , as well as Jackson , who commanded the division . The brave , heroic Rousseau ...
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