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... enemy's communications , while mine would ? 5th . In case of disaster , would not a safe retreat be more diffi- cult ... enemy should attack us in force before we reach the Ocoquan , what ? In view of the possibility of this , might it ...
... enemy's communications , while mine would ? 5th . In case of disaster , would not a safe retreat be more diffi- cult ... enemy should attack us in force before we reach the Ocoquan , what ? In view of the possibility of this , might it ...
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... enemy's communica- tions , which I would seize if he would permit . If he should move northward I would follow him ... enemy where he now is , we never can , he again being within the entrenchments of Richmond . Recurring to the idea of ...
... enemy's communica- tions , which I would seize if he would permit . If he should move northward I would follow him ... enemy where he now is , we never can , he again being within the entrenchments of Richmond . Recurring to the idea of ...
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... enemy's infantry in front of him at not less than forty thousand . Suppose we add fifty per cent to this , for cavalry , artillery , and extra - duty men stretching as far as Richmond , making the whole force of the enemy sixty thousand ...
... enemy's infantry in front of him at not less than forty thousand . Suppose we add fifty per cent to this , for cavalry , artillery , and extra - duty men stretching as far as Richmond , making the whole force of the enemy sixty thousand ...
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