Abraham LincolnHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - Presidents |
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... McDowell conceived " that , with the forts on the right bank of the Potomac fully garrisoned , and those on the left bank occupied , a covering force , in front of the Virginia line , of 25,000 men would suffice . " Sumner said : " A ...
... McDowell conceived " that , with the forts on the right bank of the Potomac fully garrisoned , and those on the left bank occupied , a covering force , in front of the Virginia line , of 25,000 men would suffice . " Sumner said : " A ...
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... McDowell's corps was to be brought forward to join him as rapidly as transportation would permit . His total nominal force was smaller than the minimum which , on February 3 , he had named as necessary ; yet it was a fine body of troops ...
... McDowell's corps was to be brought forward to join him as rapidly as transportation would permit . His total nominal force was smaller than the minimum which , on February 3 , he had named as necessary ; yet it was a fine body of troops ...
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... McDowell's corps . The President very coolly telegraphed me yesterday that he thought I had better break the enemy's lines at once ! I was much tempted to reply that he had better come and do it himself . " Thus is made evident the ...
... McDowell's corps . The President very coolly telegraphed me yesterday that he thought I had better break the enemy's lines at once ! I was much tempted to reply that he had better come and do it himself . " Thus is made evident the ...
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... McDowell into the rear of Yorktown by such route as should seem expedient at the time of its arrival , probably land- ing it at Gloucester and moving it round by West Point . This would have made Magruder's posi- tion untenable at once ...
... McDowell into the rear of Yorktown by such route as should seem expedient at the time of its arrival , probably land- ing it at Gloucester and moving it round by West Point . This would have made Magruder's posi- tion untenable at once ...
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... McDowell , and the order was issued on April 4. Thereby he seri- ously attenuated , if he did not quite annihilate , the prospect of success for McClellan's campaign . of dispute in the campaign and may never be satisfactorily set at ...
... McDowell , and the order was issued on April 4. Thereby he seri- ously attenuated , if he did not quite annihilate , the prospect of success for McClellan's campaign . of dispute in the campaign and may never be satisfactorily set at ...
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