The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860 - '65 : Its Causes, Incidents, and Results Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union. II |
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... crossed Southern Confederacy , and consid- the river during the night , and pur- erately adds , " I trust they will not sued his retreat down the west bank be forgotten in the final settlement . " next morning , Canby moving almost ...
... crossed Southern Confederacy , and consid- the river during the night , and pur- erately adds , " I trust they will not sued his retreat down the west bank be forgotten in the final settlement . " next morning , Canby moving almost ...
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... crossed the Arkan- sas line , forming a junction , soon afterward , near Boston Mountains , with Gen. Ben McCulloch , command- ing a division of Texas and Arkansas Confederates , thus raising his entire force to a number fully equal ...
... crossed the Arkan- sas line , forming a junction , soon afterward , near Boston Mountains , with Gen. Ben McCulloch , command- ing a division of Texas and Arkansas Confederates , thus raising his entire force to a number fully equal ...
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... crossed the Arkan- sas river at or near Van Buren , and advanced upon our scattered and nu- merically far inferior division , which was watching him from the neigh- borhood of the last conflict . It was now December ; but the weather ...
... crossed the Arkan- sas river at or near Van Buren , and advanced upon our scattered and nu- merically far inferior division , which was watching him from the neigh- borhood of the last conflict . It was now December ; but the weather ...
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... Fishing creek could not be crossed ; and so the Somerset force of several thousand could not join the force from Columbia before the 20th . ” * Jan. 18-19 . 8 Sunday , Jan. 19 . CAMP OF MICH.ENGRS . GEN . THOMAS HD.QRS . JAMESTOWN.
... Fishing creek could not be crossed ; and so the Somerset force of several thousand could not join the force from Columbia before the 20th . ” * Jan. 18-19 . 8 Sunday , Jan. 19 . CAMP OF MICH.ENGRS . GEN . THOMAS HD.QRS . JAMESTOWN.
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... crossed till next day ; so that Mitchel's forced march of 42 miles in 37 hours , clearing his road of trees which had been felled across it , was rewarded by very moderate captures , including a brass 6 - pounder , and some $ 5,000 ...
... crossed till next day ; so that Mitchel's forced march of 42 miles in 37 hours , clearing his road of trees which had been felled across it , was rewarded by very moderate captures , including a brass 6 - pounder , and some $ 5,000 ...
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