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... months between the election of a new president and his inauguration . In that period seven states had already left the Union which the incoming president would be sworn to defend , and had formed themselves into a new confederacy . In ...
... months between the election of a new president and his inauguration . In that period seven states had already left the Union which the incoming president would be sworn to defend , and had formed themselves into a new confederacy . In ...
Page 163
... months of intensive preparation of men and weapons , and slow clarification of lines of battle , but they were also months of frustration and disappointment as confidence that it would all be over in a few weeks gave way to impatience ...
... months of intensive preparation of men and weapons , and slow clarification of lines of battle , but they were also months of frustration and disappointment as confidence that it would all be over in a few weeks gave way to impatience ...
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... months was allowed to die away . First Halleck spent the whole of May inching his large army forward towards Corinth only twenty miles away . On 29-30 May Beauregard abandoned the city and retreated south to Tupelo . Despite the snail's ...
... months was allowed to die away . First Halleck spent the whole of May inching his large army forward towards Corinth only twenty miles away . On 29-30 May Beauregard abandoned the city and retreated south to Tupelo . Despite the snail's ...
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