The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... Government - The two years ' Cruise - Returns to Cherbourg , France- Blockaded by Winslow - Semmes Challenges Winslow - Morning of the Combat - Spectators coming down from Paris to witness it - The Alabama Steams out of the Harbor - The ...
... Government - The two years ' Cruise - Returns to Cherbourg , France- Blockaded by Winslow - Semmes Challenges Winslow - Morning of the Combat - Spectators coming down from Paris to witness it - The Alabama Steams out of the Harbor - The ...
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... government must not , and cannot , hold me responsible for the result . " I feel too earnestly to - night . I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army . If you ...
... government must not , and cannot , hold me responsible for the result . " I feel too earnestly to - night . I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army . If you ...
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... government had failed of success . At an immense sacritice of life , it had succeded only in compelling McClellan to adopt a better base , from which he could advance surely on Richmond . It is true he had lost 15,000 men in the terri ...
... government had failed of success . At an immense sacritice of life , it had succeded only in compelling McClellan to adopt a better base , from which he could advance surely on Richmond . It is true he had lost 15,000 men in the terri ...
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... Government at Washington declared itself unable to furnish . In this crisis of affairs he wrote a letter to the President , dated the 4th of July , in which he sketched out the policy which he thought should be adopted . This letter had ...
... Government at Washington declared itself unable to furnish . In this crisis of affairs he wrote a letter to the President , dated the 4th of July , in which he sketched out the policy which he thought should be adopted . This letter had ...
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... Government - hoping thus to bring about a reaction on the part of the South . These views made him the leader of the Opposition , who im- mediately named him as the future candidate for the Presi dency . 3 CHAPTER II . JULY - AUGUST ...
... Government - hoping thus to bring about a reaction on the part of the South . These views made him the leader of the Opposition , who im- mediately named him as the future candidate for the Presi dency . 3 CHAPTER II . JULY - AUGUST ...
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed Cumberland Gap dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter Lee's line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles military Mississippi Morgan morning mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock opened Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebellion regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers stood storm stream struggle swept Tennessee thousand thunder troops Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole woods wounded