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... forces . Recruits generally preferred the easier discipline and more attractive terms of service of the new volunteer army , and even ex - regular officers , returning to the colours , saw better prospects of rapid promotion in the new ...
... forces . Recruits generally preferred the easier discipline and more attractive terms of service of the new volunteer army , and even ex - regular officers , returning to the colours , saw better prospects of rapid promotion in the new ...
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... force of around 15,000 men he had to contend with much larger but divided Union forces : Nathaniel P. Banks in the Shenandoah Valley itself , the unhappy Fremont now in West Virginia on his left flank , and McDowell away to the east on ...
... force of around 15,000 men he had to contend with much larger but divided Union forces : Nathaniel P. Banks in the Shenandoah Valley itself , the unhappy Fremont now in West Virginia on his left flank , and McDowell away to the east on ...
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... force out of all proportion to their total numbers . Immigrants provided a solid core of labourers and unskilled workers , especially in the large cities where by 1870 they added up to a majority of the labour force . Before the war ...
... force out of all proportion to their total numbers . Immigrants provided a solid core of labourers and unskilled workers , especially in the large cities where by 1870 they added up to a majority of the labour force . Before the war ...
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