The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 3Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 738 pages |
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... Tennessee railroads . The motive power alone consisted of over forty engines . emy * bewailed the loss as " incalculable , important , and wholly irreparable , " and was forced to the confession : " Nothing goes well in the Southwest ...
... Tennessee railroads . The motive power alone consisted of over forty engines . emy * bewailed the loss as " incalculable , important , and wholly irreparable , " and was forced to the confession : " Nothing goes well in the Southwest ...
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... Tennessee . " Their main base of supplies , " says the General in his report , dated Winchester , Tennessee , July 24 , 1863 , " was at Chattanooga , but a vastly superior cavalry force had enabled them to command all the re- sources of ...
... Tennessee . " Their main base of supplies , " says the General in his report , dated Winchester , Tennessee , July 24 , 1863 , " was at Chattanooga , but a vastly superior cavalry force had enabled them to command all the re- sources of ...
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... Tennessee , conducted in one of the most extraordinary rains ever known in Tennessee at that period of the year , over a soil that becomes almost a quick- sand . Our operations were retarded thirty - six hours at Hoover's Gap , and ...
... Tennessee , conducted in one of the most extraordinary rains ever known in Tennessee at that period of the year , over a soil that becomes almost a quick- sand . Our operations were retarded thirty - six hours at Hoover's Gap , and ...
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... Tennessee . - Burnside pre- paring for a Campaign into East Tennessee . - Preliminary Expedition of Saunders . — Its Results . — Another Raid into Kentucky by Morgan . - Alarm in Kentucky , Ohio , and Indiana . — Preparations for ...
... Tennessee . - Burnside pre- paring for a Campaign into East Tennessee . - Preliminary Expedition of Saunders . — Its Results . — Another Raid into Kentucky by Morgan . - Alarm in Kentucky , Ohio , and Indiana . — Preparations for ...
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... Tennessee , and momentarily checked further incur- sions . Relieved for a time from in- quietude in regard to the cavalry raids of the enemy into Kentucky , General Burnside was enabled to prepare for a contemplated campaign to East ...
... Tennessee , and momentarily checked further incur- sions . Relieved for a time from in- quietude in regard to the cavalry raids of the enemy into Kentucky , General Burnside was enabled to prepare for a contemplated campaign to East ...
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