The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 2 |
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... done all that human sagac ity or foresight could accomplish , he anxiously waited the decisive movements of the enemy , which should settle at once his course of action . 32 POSITION OF THE ARMY . To understand the exact.
... done all that human sagac ity or foresight could accomplish , he anxiously waited the decisive movements of the enemy , which should settle at once his course of action . 32 POSITION OF THE ARMY . To understand the exact.
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... once to fall on McClellan , and utterly destroy his whole army . The plan he adopted was a very simple one , and almost certain of success . It was to send an entire army beyond the Chickahominy , and with a single blow , crush the ...
... once to fall on McClellan , and utterly destroy his whole army . The plan he adopted was a very simple one , and almost certain of success . It was to send an entire army beyond the Chickahominy , and with a single blow , crush the ...
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... once more well in hand , and concentrated where it could strike its powerful blows like a single engine . But the rebels had also concentrated their forces , outnumbering his own , two to one , and was preparing to make one last great ...
... once more well in hand , and concentrated where it could strike its powerful blows like a single engine . But the rebels had also concentrated their forces , outnumbering his own , two to one , and was preparing to make one last great ...
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... ONCE MORET THE HEAD OF THE ARMY - POPE'S FAILURE - REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN . THILE these momentous events were passing in front WHILE Wof Richmond , great cha orents were in freed of Richmond , great changes were being introduced into ...
... ONCE MORET THE HEAD OF THE ARMY - POPE'S FAILURE - REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN . THILE these momentous events were passing in front WHILE Wof Richmond , great cha orents were in freed of Richmond , great changes were being introduced into ...
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... American armies , to control all the campaigns , and push the war to a speedy issue . He at once adopted a plan of cam- paign in accordance with the President's original policy , which 56 胄 HALLECK'S PLAN . was to move on Richmond 84.
... American armies , to control all the campaigns , and push the war to a speedy issue . He at once adopted a plan of cam- paign in accordance with the President's original policy , which 56 胄 HALLECK'S PLAN . was to move on Richmond 84.
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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