Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 8Amer. Educational Alliance, 1915 - United States |
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... attack the next morning but after a personal exam- ination concluded that his army would be too badly crippled by an assault and therefore decided to attack Haynes ' Bluff higher up the Yazoo . Preparations were made to begin the ...
... attack the next morning but after a personal exam- ination concluded that his army would be too badly crippled by an assault and therefore decided to attack Haynes ' Bluff higher up the Yazoo . Preparations were made to begin the ...
Page 344
... attack the enemy in flank on my right where the enemy was most persistent after the front attack was repelled . Not a rebel was in sight upright when I left . " * Meanwhile on the Union right Gregg's cavalry division , aided by Custer's ...
... attack the enemy in flank on my right where the enemy was most persistent after the front attack was repelled . Not a rebel was in sight upright when I left . " * Meanwhile on the Union right Gregg's cavalry division , aided by Custer's ...
Page 345
... attack Lee before he could cross the Potomac , † although later he requested Meade to use his own judgment and said that he thought it best for him to postpone a general battle . On reaching Wil- liamsport Lee found the Potomac badly ...
... attack Lee before he could cross the Potomac , † although later he requested Meade to use his own judgment and said that he thought it best for him to postpone a general battle . On reaching Wil- liamsport Lee found the Potomac badly ...
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