The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 3T. Belknap, 1877 - United States |
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... Movement masked by Sedgwick , 24. - Lee prepares for Battle - He moves on Chancellorsville , 25. - Battle near Chancellorsville -- Lee foiled , 26 .-- The Opposing Leaders in Council - Hooker on the Defensive - Bold Project of Stonewall ...
... Movement masked by Sedgwick , 24. - Lee prepares for Battle - He moves on Chancellorsville , 25. - Battle near Chancellorsville -- Lee foiled , 26 .-- The Opposing Leaders in Council - Hooker on the Defensive - Bold Project of Stonewall ...
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... Movements of the Na- tional troops , 381. - The Nationals across the Chattahoochee , 382. - Atlanta invested , 383. - The Confederates and their Works at Atlanta , 384. - A bold Movement by Hood , 355. - First Battle of Atlanta , 386 ...
... Movements of the Na- tional troops , 381. - The Nationals across the Chattahoochee , 382. - Atlanta invested , 383. - The Confederates and their Works at Atlanta , 384. - A bold Movement by Hood , 355. - First Battle of Atlanta , 386 ...
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... Movement from the Weldon Road , 532.— Operations on the Confederate Right , 533. - Stirring Movements in the Shenandoah Valley , 534. - Richmond Threatened by Sheridan - Great Alarm there , 535. - The Condition of the Confederacy ...
... Movement from the Weldon Road , 532.— Operations on the Confederate Right , 533. - Stirring Movements in the Shenandoah Valley , 534. - Richmond Threatened by Sheridan - Great Alarm there , 535. - The Condition of the Confederacy ...
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... movements Hooker's right were so success- fully performed , his left wing , un- der Sedgwick , composed of his own corps ( Sixth ) , and those of Reynolds ( First ) , and Sickles ( Third ) , had as successfully mask- ed the movement ...
... movements Hooker's right were so success- fully performed , his left wing , un- der Sedgwick , composed of his own corps ( Sixth ) , and those of Reynolds ( First ) , and Sickles ( Third ) , had as successfully mask- ed the movement ...
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... movement should commence ; but Jackson was there before him , for Hooker's columns did not move until eleven o'clock ... movement would give the Nationals a speedy and decisive vic- tory , and possibly annihilate Lee's army . This ...
... movement should commence ; but Jackson was there before him , for Hooker's columns did not move until eleven o'clock ... movement would give the Nationals a speedy and decisive vic- tory , and possibly annihilate Lee's army . This ...
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advance army artillery assailants assault Atlanta attack Banks battery battle BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA Battle of Gettysburg Bragg bridge brigade Burnside Captain captured cavalry Cemetery Hill Charleston Chattanooga Chickamauga Colonel column command Confederates corps Creek crossed Culp's Hill Cumberland destroyed direction division expedition fight fire flank force Fort Fisher Fort Sumter Fort Wagner front garrison Gettysburg Government Grant gun-boats guns head-quarters heavy Hooker hundred infantry intrenchments July killed Knoxville latter Lee's Little Round Top Longstreet Lookout Mountain loss Meade Meade's miles Mississippi Morgan morning Morris Island moved movement Murfreesboro National nearly night o'clock officers Ohio ordered passed Pennsylvania pontoon bridge position Potomac prisoners pushed raid railway Rapid Anna Rappahannock re-enforcements rear regiments repulsed retreat Richmond Ridge River road Rosecrans Seminary Ridge sent Sherman skirmishers soldiers Tennessee River thousand tion troops Union Valley vessels Virginia volume wounded York
Popular passages
Page 80 - It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here, to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Page 232 - I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by congress, or by decision of the supreme court...
Page 529 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before the conflict itself should cease.
Page 556 - GENERAL: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army...
Page 529 - South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Page 557 - The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 556 - April 7, 1865 GENERAL : — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia...
Page 556 - GENERAL : The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Page 587 - I pray you, speak not ; he grows worse and worse; Question enrages him : at once, good night : — Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.
Page 556 - I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia will...