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... Grant was restored to his command by a satisfied Halleck , who had two days earlier achieved his objective of overall command of the western armies , thus bringing Buell as well as Grant and Pope under his control . But Halleck was now ...
... Grant was restored to his command by a satisfied Halleck , who had two days earlier achieved his objective of overall command of the western armies , thus bringing Buell as well as Grant and Pope under his control . But Halleck was now ...
Page 275
... Grant's one of immediate danger . As long as the Confederates controlled Vicksburg , they stood between Grant and his supply base , and with numbers almost equal to those which he could deploy on the east bank of the river , they could ...
... Grant's one of immediate danger . As long as the Confederates controlled Vicksburg , they stood between Grant and his supply base , and with numbers almost equal to those which he could deploy on the east bank of the river , they could ...
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... Grant's armies came face to face at Champion's Hill , where , after a day of confused fighting , the Confederates were forced to retire , although the Union forces were unable to cut off their line of retreat , as Grant had hoped ...
... Grant's armies came face to face at Champion's Hill , where , after a day of confused fighting , the Confederates were forced to retire , although the Union forces were unable to cut off their line of retreat , as Grant had hoped ...
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