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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... troops should simply evacuate Texas , march- ing to and embarking at the coast , where their artillery and means of transportation were to be given up , while they , with their small arms , should proceed by water to any point outside ...
... troops should simply evacuate Texas , march- ing to and embarking at the coast , where their artillery and means of transportation were to be given up , while they , with their small arms , should proceed by water to any point outside ...
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... troops was about four miles below the fort , where he and they were debarked " accordingly . The next day was spent in preparations , and the next appointed for the at- tack : Gen. Grant directing the main body of his forces , under Gen ...
... troops was about four miles below the fort , where he and they were debarked " accordingly . The next day was spent in preparations , and the next appointed for the at- tack : Gen. Grant directing the main body of his forces , under Gen ...
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... TROOPS Chapal : al KENTUC gool Hid - duoed ROAD TO FORT DONELSON ROAD TO PARIS GEN . GRANT BEFORE FORT DONELSON . 20 47 ing. FORTS DENEY AND DONELSON . A Positions of Maj . - Gen . Grant's forces. KENTUCKY TENNESSEE RIVER ROUTE OF U.S. ...
... TROOPS Chapal : al KENTUC gool Hid - duoed ROAD TO FORT DONELSON ROAD TO PARIS GEN . GRANT BEFORE FORT DONELSON . 20 47 ing. FORTS DENEY AND DONELSON . A Positions of Maj . - Gen . Grant's forces. KENTUCKY TENNESSEE RIVER ROUTE OF U.S. ...
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... troops or supplies , crossed from Fort Henry " to the neighborhood of Donelson , gradually extending his lines " so as to invest the Rebel stronghold nearly from river to river , by a line some three miles long , and 100 to 300 rods ...
... troops or supplies , crossed from Fort Henry " to the neighborhood of Donelson , gradually extending his lines " so as to invest the Rebel stronghold nearly from river to river , by a line some three miles long , and 100 to 300 rods ...
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... troops , admirably handled , uniting with Cruft's , succeeded in stopping and turning back the Rebel advance . Gen. Grant reached the scene of conflict about 3 P. M. , and , after a survey of the ground , ordered a gen- eral advance ...
... troops , admirably handled , uniting with Cruft's , succeeded in stopping and turning back the Rebel advance . Gen. Grant reached the scene of conflict about 3 P. M. , and , after a survey of the ground , ordered a gen- eral advance ...
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