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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... ready and eager to commence active operations . The generals in command of the various divisions were opposed to going into winter quarters , and the most of them declared they had no expectation of doing so . In reference to the proper ...
... ready and eager to commence active operations . The generals in command of the various divisions were opposed to going into winter quarters , and the most of them declared they had no expectation of doing so . In reference to the proper ...
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... ready to start . The Navy Department repre- sented that it would be absolutely necessary to send with that expedition , in order to insure its success , the greater portion of the Potomac flotilla , because , being very powerful vessels ...
... ready to start . The Navy Department repre- sented that it would be absolutely necessary to send with that expedition , in order to insure its success , the greater portion of the Potomac flotilla , because , being very powerful vessels ...
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... ready at Washington and Alexandria to move down the Potomac ; third , that a naval auxiliary force can be had to silence or aid in silencing the enemy's batteries in York river ; fourth , that the force to be left to cover Washington ...
... ready at Washington and Alexandria to move down the Potomac ; third , that a naval auxiliary force can be had to silence or aid in silencing the enemy's batteries in York river ; fourth , that the force to be left to cover Washington ...
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... ready in Pennsylvania . This force I should be glad to have sent at once to Manassas . Four thousand men from General Wadsworth I desire to be ordered to Manassas . These troops , with the railroad guards above alluded to , will make up ...
... ready in Pennsylvania . This force I should be glad to have sent at once to Manassas . Four thousand men from General Wadsworth I desire to be ordered to Manassas . These troops , with the railroad guards above alluded to , will make up ...
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... you by land sooner than he could get aboard of boats if the boats were ready at Fredericksburg , unless his march shall be resisted , in which case the force resisting him will not be confronting you at 20 CONDUCT OF THE WAR .
... you by land sooner than he could get aboard of boats if the boats were ready at Fredericksburg , unless his march shall be resisted , in which case the force resisting him will not be confronting you at 20 CONDUCT OF THE WAR .
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