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... Mississippi . Each commander was inclined to complain that his numbers were already too small for the job in hand , without the need to detach men to help out elsewhere . In the trans - Mississippi area , Holmes was deaf to entreaties ...
... Mississippi . Each commander was inclined to complain that his numbers were already too small for the job in hand , without the need to detach men to help out elsewhere . In the trans - Mississippi area , Holmes was deaf to entreaties ...
Page 269
... Mississippi . Each commander was inclined to complain that his numbers were already too small for the job in hand , without the need to detach men to help out elsewhere . In the trans - Mississippi area , Holmes was deaf to entreaties ...
... Mississippi . Each commander was inclined to complain that his numbers were already too small for the job in hand , without the need to detach men to help out elsewhere . In the trans - Mississippi area , Holmes was deaf to entreaties ...
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... Mississippi , was the key to the whole strategic position . The collapse of the line at this point would expose the deep interior of the South to Northern invasion , and splinter the whole Confederacy . On the other hand , a ...
... Mississippi , was the key to the whole strategic position . The collapse of the line at this point would expose the deep interior of the South to Northern invasion , and splinter the whole Confederacy . On the other hand , a ...
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