History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850...Macmillan, 1899 - United States |
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... soldiers . Three months went by while the armies were being organized . July 21 , 1861 , 29,000 Union soldiers and 30,000 Confederates met in battle at Bull Run , Virginia : the Union army was signally defeated . With no signs of ...
... soldiers . Three months went by while the armies were being organized . July 21 , 1861 , 29,000 Union soldiers and 30,000 Confederates met in battle at Bull Run , Virginia : the Union army was signally defeated . With no signs of ...
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... soldiers in co- operation with the navy on the James River " would give us Richmond without delay . " 2 Of this Fabian commander who had failed to take advantage of the favors lavished upon him by fortune , the public of the Confederacy ...
... soldiers in co- operation with the navy on the James River " would give us Richmond without delay . " 2 Of this Fabian commander who had failed to take advantage of the favors lavished upon him by fortune , the public of the Confederacy ...
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... soldiers were demoralized . The commander of the Harper's Ferry garrison received like instructions ; but while Jackson was retreating , some of his men , fearing an attack from the dreaded Confederate general , ran away . Both of these ...
... soldiers were demoralized . The commander of the Harper's Ferry garrison received like instructions ; but while Jackson was retreating , some of his men , fearing an attack from the dreaded Confederate general , ran away . Both of these ...
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... soldiers generally knew that Johnston was wounded , and were much depressed by the mishap . General McClellan was not aware of it June 1 ; his despatch to Stanton at noon of that day makes no mention of it . Nor did he apparently know ...
... soldiers generally knew that Johnston was wounded , and were much depressed by the mishap . General McClellan was not aware of it June 1 ; his despatch to Stanton at noon of that day makes no mention of it . Nor did he apparently know ...
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James Ford Rhodes. among the Southern soldiers , but his constant personal superintendence combined with his pleasing authoritative manner to push things forward , so that he soon had his defensive works well under way . In one respect ...
James Ford Rhodes. among the Southern soldiers , but his constant personal superintendence combined with his pleasing authoritative manner to push things forward , so that he soon had his defensive works well under way . In one respect ...
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