The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin, Volume 2H. Bill, 1866 - United States |
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... Approach of the Enemy . - Beaver Dam Creek . - Battle of Gaines's Mill . - Inhumanity of Lee and Jackson . - Strength of the Union Army.- Savage's Station . - Woes of War . - Power of Music . - Battle at White Oak Bridge . - Re- pulse ...
... Approach of the Enemy . - Beaver Dam Creek . - Battle of Gaines's Mill . - Inhumanity of Lee and Jackson . - Strength of the Union Army.- Savage's Station . - Woes of War . - Power of Music . - Battle at White Oak Bridge . - Re- pulse ...
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... approach Richmond , since the divisions could easily co - operate , and the advancing army would itself prove the protection of Washington . By sending the main army down the Potomac , Washington would be left unguarded , inviting a ...
... approach Richmond , since the divisions could easily co - operate , and the advancing army would itself prove the protection of Washington . By sending the main army down the Potomac , Washington would be left unguarded , inviting a ...
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... approach of our troops in such strength , fled , taking their guns with them . After having destroyed these works , the reconnoitring party advanced to within eight miles of Yorktown . General Heintzelman ascertained that the rebels had ...
... approach of our troops in such strength , fled , taking their guns with them . After having destroyed these works , the reconnoitring party advanced to within eight miles of Yorktown . General Heintzelman ascertained that the rebels had ...
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... approaches upon Yorktown . The impatience of the nation became feverish . While many military officers approved of this cautious procedure , there were others who deemed it entirely unnecessary . They affirmed that the army was becoming ...
... approaches upon Yorktown . The impatience of the nation became feverish . While many military officers approved of this cautious procedure , there were others who deemed it entirely unnecessary . They affirmed that the army was becoming ...
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... approach behind the intrenchments of Richmond . A fortnight had been occupied in the march from Williamsburg to White House . General McClellan saw very clearly the perils which were beginning to thicken around him . As his ...
... approach behind the intrenchments of Richmond . A fortnight had been occupied in the march from Williamsburg to White House . General McClellan saw very clearly the perils which were beginning to thicken around him . As his ...
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Page 33 - I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time. And if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively gain upon you, — that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcements than you can by reinforcements alone.
Page 102 - I feel any misfortune to you and your army quite as keenly as you feel it yourself. If you have had a drawn battle, or a repulse, it is the price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington. We protected Washington, and the enemy concentrated on you.
Page 481 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 33 - You will do me the justice to remember, I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting at or near Manassas, was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place.
Page 44 - ... and ill-timed measure, as I honestly think and believe, shall be held to strict account for this suicidal act by the present generation, and probably cursed and execrated by posterity for all coming time...
Page 609 - No. //.—The three States of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, Comprising the Military Department of the South, having deliberately declared themselves no longer under the protection of the United States of America, and having taken up arms against the said United States, it becomes a military necessity to declare them under martial law This was accordingly done on the 25th day of April, 1862. Slavery and martial law in a free country are altogether incompatible; the persons in these three States...
Page 102 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. " You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Page 513 - I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent or as the manifestation of a silly ' Roman stoicism,' but from folly, and want of sense, in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder.
Page 33 - Blenker's division was withdrawn from you before you left here ; and you know the pressure under which I did it, and, as I thought, acquiesced in it — certainly not without reluctance. " After you left I ascertained that less than...
Page 17 - MY DEAR SIR : You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River ; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.