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... Loss at Holly Springs , 273. - Sherman and Porter Descend the River , 274 . -Sherman's Attempt on the Yazoo , 275. — At Haines's Bluff , 276. - Capture of Arkansas Post , 277. - Cutting a Canal , 278. - Yazoo Pass Attempted , 279 ...
... Loss at Holly Springs , 273. - Sherman and Porter Descend the River , 274 . -Sherman's Attempt on the Yazoo , 275. — At Haines's Bluff , 276. - Capture of Arkansas Post , 277. - Cutting a Canal , 278. - Yazoo Pass Attempted , 279 ...
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... Losses , 435. - Cavalry Expeditions , 435.— Stoneman's Raid , 436. - Fall of Atlanta , 437 . CHAPTER XXVI . THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY The Defences , 438. - Farragut's Preparations , 439. - Passing the Forts , 440. - Loss of the Tecumseh ...
... Losses , 435. - Cavalry Expeditions , 435.— Stoneman's Raid , 436. - Fall of Atlanta , 437 . CHAPTER XXVI . THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY The Defences , 438. - Farragut's Preparations , 439. - Passing the Forts , 440. - Loss of the Tecumseh ...
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... loss . But the flame of civil war was kindled , the North understood at last that the South was in deadly earnest , and the sections rushed to a conflict in which at least eight thousand million dollars were wasted , American commerce ...
... loss . But the flame of civil war was kindled , the North understood at last that the South was in deadly earnest , and the sections rushed to a conflict in which at least eight thousand million dollars were wasted , American commerce ...
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... loss at the navy - yard , in ships and material , was enormous . All these disasters - Sumter , Bal- timore , the secession of Virginia , Harper's Ferry , Gosport - had occurred within one week , April 12-20 ; but the Administration ...
... loss at the navy - yard , in ships and material , was enormous . All these disasters - Sumter , Bal- timore , the secession of Virginia , Harper's Ferry , Gosport - had occurred within one week , April 12-20 ; but the Administration ...
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... loss was duplicated in the death of another of the notable young men that had rushed to arms . Theodore Winthrop , a writer of considerable achievement and great promise , had accompanied the New York Seventh Regiment to Washington ...
... loss was duplicated in the death of another of the notable young men that had rushed to arms . Theodore Winthrop , a writer of considerable achievement and great promise , had accompanied the New York Seventh Regiment to Washington ...
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