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... success but not an unqualified blessing . If Missouri , Kentucky , western Virginia and Maryland had made a clear choice for the Confederacy , the strategic balance would have shifted dramatically in favour of the South . The Union ...
... success but not an unqualified blessing . If Missouri , Kentucky , western Virginia and Maryland had made a clear choice for the Confederacy , the strategic balance would have shifted dramatically in favour of the South . The Union ...
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... success so dazzling as to be dangerous for the victors , and a defeat so stinging as to arouse rather than demoralise the vanquished . 4. Lee knew what he wished to do next , to exploit his latest success ; indeed , even before ...
... success so dazzling as to be dangerous for the victors , and a defeat so stinging as to arouse rather than demoralise the vanquished . 4. Lee knew what he wished to do next , to exploit his latest success ; indeed , even before ...
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... success at Vicksburg in 1863 has already been discussed . But it is worth recalling that , like Grant's army , his flotilla endured frustration and failure before its successful defiance of the Vicksburg batteries in April . In February ...
... success at Vicksburg in 1863 has already been discussed . But it is worth recalling that , like Grant's army , his flotilla endured frustration and failure before its successful defiance of the Vicksburg batteries in April . In February ...
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