Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War in Three PartsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 |
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... communication with the President and his cabinet , and neglected no opportunity of at once laying before them the information acquired by them in the course of their investigations . Many specific subjects of investigation presented ...
... communication with the President and his cabinet , and neglected no opportunity of at once laying before them the information acquired by them in the course of their investigations . Many specific subjects of investigation presented ...
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... communication to be closed . After repeated efforts , General McClellan promised that 4,000 men should be ready at a time named to proceed down the river . The Navy Department pro- vided the necessary transports for the troops , and ...
... communication to be closed . After repeated efforts , General McClellan promised that 4,000 men should be ready at a time named to proceed down the river . The Navy Department pro- vided the necessary transports for the troops , and ...
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... communication by that route . On the 19th of January , 1862 , the President of the United States , as com- mander - in - chief of the army and navy , issued orders for a general movement of all the armies of the United States , one ...
... communication by that route . On the 19th of January , 1862 , the President of the United States , as com- mander - in - chief of the army and navy , issued orders for a general movement of all the armies of the United States , one ...
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... communication , while mine would ? 66 5. In case of disaster , would not a safe retreat be more difficult by your plan than by mine ? " Yours , truly , " Major General MCCLELLAN . " " A. LINCOLN . Your committee have no evidence ...
... communication , while mine would ? 66 5. In case of disaster , would not a safe retreat be more difficult by your plan than by mine ? " Yours , truly , " Major General MCCLELLAN . " " A. LINCOLN . Your committee have no evidence ...
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... communication . " Second . Leave Washington secure . " Third . Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac , choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe , or anywhere between here and there ; or , at all events , move such remainder of ...
... communication . " Second . Leave Washington secure . " Third . Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac , choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe , or anywhere between here and there ; or , at all events , move such remainder of ...
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