Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 6Century Company, 1917 - United States |
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... Potomac . Lincoln's Disappoint- ment • · CHAPTER VIII . EMANCIPATION ANNOUNCED Defeat instead of Victory . Political Embarrassments . Lincoln's Letter to Reverdy Johnson . His Letter to Bullitt . Greeley's Open Letter to Lincoln ...
... Potomac . Lincoln's Disappoint- ment • · CHAPTER VIII . EMANCIPATION ANNOUNCED Defeat instead of Victory . Political Embarrassments . Lincoln's Letter to Reverdy Johnson . His Letter to Bullitt . Greeley's Open Letter to Lincoln ...
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... Potomac , a few words of retrospect are here necessary . On June 26 , 1862 , General John Pope was appointed to the command of the Army of Virginia , consisting of the corps of Frémont , Banks , and McDowell . Fré- mont , having refused ...
... Potomac , a few words of retrospect are here necessary . On June 26 , 1862 , General John Pope was appointed to the command of the Army of Virginia , consisting of the corps of Frémont , Banks , and McDowell . Fré- mont , having refused ...
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... Potomac was much dis- cussed in Administration circles . The President himself was averse to it . Secretary Chase was the most prominent member of the Government in its favor . He urged it strongly upon General Halleck , thinking it ...
... Potomac was much dis- cussed in Administration circles . The President himself was averse to it . Secretary Chase was the most prominent member of the Government in its favor . He urged it strongly upon General Halleck , thinking it ...
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... Potomac his enemies . He said : " I have come to you from the West , where we have always seen the backs of our enemies ; from an army whose busi- ness it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found ; whose policy ...
... Potomac his enemies . He said : " I have come to you from the West , where we have always seen the backs of our enemies ; from an army whose busi- ness it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found ; whose policy ...
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... Potomac , Pope left Washington on the 29th of July to begin his work , the first ob- ject of which was to make a demonstration in the direction of Gordonsville to assist in the with- drawal of McClellan's army from the James . In ...
... Potomac , Pope left Washington on the 29th of July to begin his work , the first ob- ject of which was to make a demonstration in the direction of Gordonsville to assist in the with- drawal of McClellan's army from the James . In ...
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