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... flank , cut off his forces from Richmond . The movement began on the 16th . The men , unaccustomed to marching , moved very slowly . Long years of peace had nourished in the minds of our citizens a reluctance to endure pain and ...
... flank , cut off his forces from Richmond . The movement began on the 16th . The men , unaccustomed to marching , moved very slowly . Long years of peace had nourished in the minds of our citizens a reluctance to endure pain and ...
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... flank and followed the road before mentioned . At the point where this road crossed the bridge to our left the ground was swept by a most severe fire by artillery , rifle , and musketry , and we saw in suc- cession several regiments ...
... flank and followed the road before mentioned . At the point where this road crossed the bridge to our left the ground was swept by a most severe fire by artillery , rifle , and musketry , and we saw in suc- cession several regiments ...
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... when a murderous volley was poured into them , at pistol range , from the clump of pines that skirted the hill . Early's brigade , of Johnston's army , had arrived , and thrown itself on our right flank . Our line 3 AN EXPERIMENT . 33.
... when a murderous volley was poured into them , at pistol range , from the clump of pines that skirted the hill . Early's brigade , of Johnston's army , had arrived , and thrown itself on our right flank . Our line 3 AN EXPERIMENT . 33.
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... flank . Our line began to melt . The movement was taken up reluctantly by some regiments , but soon became general . The retreat became confused , and , beyond Bull Run , the confusion became a rout . The enemy did not pursue . That ...
... flank . Our line began to melt . The movement was taken up reluctantly by some regiments , but soon became general . The retreat became confused , and , beyond Bull Run , the confusion became a rout . The enemy did not pursue . That ...
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... flank and rear of an army invading Mississippi .and Alabama . General Halleck decided to advance up the Tennessee River as far as practicable by water ; then to debark on the west bank , attack the enemy at Corinth , and endeavor to cut ...
... flank and rear of an army invading Mississippi .and Alabama . General Halleck decided to advance up the Tennessee River as far as practicable by water ; then to debark on the west bank , attack the enemy at Corinth , and endeavor to cut ...
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Page 403 - Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 418 - President directs me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions.
Page 166 - You are now Washington's legitimate successor, and occupy a position of almost dangerous elevation; but if you can continue as heretofore to be yourself, simple, honest, and unpretending, you will enjoy through life the respect and love of friends, and the homage of millions of human beings...
Page 343 - I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly "Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of sense in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder.
Page 297 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 266 - The army will forage liberally on the country during the march. To this end, each brigade commander will organize a good and sufficient foraging party, under the command of one or more discreet officers, who will gather near the route...
Page 324 - They can at any moment have peace simply by laying down their arms and submitting to -the national authority under the Constitution.
Page 224 - GENTLEMEN : I have your letter of the llth, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all the inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give full credit to your statements of the distress that will be occasioned by it, and yet shall not revoke my orders, simply because my orders are not designed to meet the humanities of the case...
Page 397 - 3. The recognition, by the Executive of the United States of the several State governments, on their officers and legislatures taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 506 - I admit my folly in embracing in a military convention any civil matters; but, unfortunately, such is the nature of our situation that they seem inextricably united, and I understood from you at Savannah that the financial state of the country demanded military success, and would warrant a little bending to policy.