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... four volumes of plain narrative , he has at least laid a foundation for an elaborate and well - digested History of the War , which he proposes to him- self as the work of years , and entertains as the literary ambi- tion of his life ...
... four volumes of plain narrative , he has at least laid a foundation for an elaborate and well - digested History of the War , which he proposes to him- self as the work of years , and entertains as the literary ambi- tion of his life ...
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... Four thousand citizens homeless . Sherman's march northward . - His organization of " bummers . " - The column of smoke . - The Yankees at Winnsboro ' .-- More of the enemy's atro- cities . Sherman's feint upon Charlotte . - His ...
... Four thousand citizens homeless . Sherman's march northward . - His organization of " bummers . " - The column of smoke . - The Yankees at Winnsboro ' .-- More of the enemy's atro- cities . Sherman's feint upon Charlotte . - His ...
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... Four years ago the man who commanded all the armies of the North had been occupied with the obscure experiments of life in the successive callings of farmer , auctioneer , and tanner ; and at the beginning of the war , having at first ...
... Four years ago the man who commanded all the armies of the North had been occupied with the obscure experiments of life in the successive callings of farmer , auctioneer , and tanner ; and at the beginning of the war , having at first ...
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... four o'clock Wilcox's division was moved up from Ewell's right . For more than three hours the dreadful conflict continued , the enemy attempting to force his way rather by constant pressure than by dashing enterprise . Never was a more ...
... four o'clock Wilcox's division was moved up from Ewell's right . For more than three hours the dreadful conflict continued , the enemy attempting to force his way rather by constant pressure than by dashing enterprise . Never was a more ...
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... four thousand dead , the usual proportion of six or seven to one for the wounded , would show that the losses of Grant in the battle of the Wil . derness cannot have been less than thirty thousand men . " THE BATTLES OF SPOTTSYAVANIA ...
... four thousand dead , the usual proportion of six or seven to one for the wounded , would show that the losses of Grant in the battle of the Wil . derness cannot have been less than thirty thousand men . " THE BATTLES OF SPOTTSYAVANIA ...
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