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... Potomac - McClellan's Inaction - Plan of the Campaign - The Monitor and the Merrimac - Yorktown - Wil- liamsburg - The Chickahominy - The President Urges Action- Norfolk Taken - McDowell at Fredericksburg - Stonewall Jack- son's ...
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... Potomac to New Orleans , will feel that the country is now doubly dear to them . They have bled for that country ; and not a family in the land but has given its sacrifice to death , that the Republic might live . In so glorious and ...
... Potomac to New Orleans , will feel that the country is now doubly dear to them . They have bled for that country ; and not a family in the land but has given its sacrifice to death , that the Republic might live . In so glorious and ...
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... Potomac , and the Arsenals , and probably saved the life of the President , and the Government from overthrow . On the 15th of April , President Lincoln issued his proclamation , calling for 75,000 men . This proclamation was prepared ...
... Potomac , and the Arsenals , and probably saved the life of the President , and the Government from overthrow . On the 15th of April , President Lincoln issued his proclamation , calling for 75,000 men . This proclamation was prepared ...
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... Potomac , took possession of Arlington Heights and the hills overlooking Washington and Alexandria . As Colonel Ellsworth was returning from taking down a rebel flag from the Marshall House in Alexandria , he was in- stantly killed , by ...
... Potomac , took possession of Arlington Heights and the hills overlooking Washington and Alexandria . As Colonel Ellsworth was returning from taking down a rebel flag from the Marshall House in Alexandria , he was in- stantly killed , by ...
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... Potomac . The command in West Virginia was given to General Rosecrans , who had gained distinguished reputation at Rich Mountain . For the next ensuing three months , the greatest activity prevailed , in organizing the Army of the Potomac ...
... Potomac . The command in West Virginia was given to General Rosecrans , who had gained distinguished reputation at Rich Mountain . For the next ensuing three months , the greatest activity prevailed , in organizing the Army of the Potomac ...
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