The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 2Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 680 pages |
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... land Gap , where Zollicoffer was station- ed with a large force . Zollicoffer having heard of the meagre means of resistance at Camp Wild Cat , where there was a single regiment reduced by sickness to only 700 men , under the command of ...
... land Gap , where Zollicoffer was station- ed with a large force . Zollicoffer having heard of the meagre means of resistance at Camp Wild Cat , where there was a single regiment reduced by sickness to only 700 men , under the command of ...
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... land Valley , the enemy gathered every- your arms and come along . ' Approached where herds of cattle , flocks of sheep , now within twenty yards of our lines , droves of pigs , and as much maize and they cried , ' Now , d - n you , we ...
... land Valley , the enemy gathered every- your arms and come along . ' Approached where herds of cattle , flocks of sheep , now within twenty yards of our lines , droves of pigs , and as much maize and they cried , ' Now , d - n you , we ...
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... land Gap to the neighborhood of Somer- set , General Thomas had divided his force with the view of thwarting their designs . General Schoepf , with a por- tion of the division , had been left ten miles west of Somerset , in order to ...
... land Gap to the neighborhood of Somer- set , General Thomas had divided his force with the view of thwarting their designs . General Schoepf , with a por- tion of the division , had been left ten miles west of Somerset , in order to ...
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... land force . - Plan of co - operation . - The Naval Expedition . - Its composition . - Sailing of the Fleet . - The attack on Fort Henry . The Essex disabled . - Capitulation of the Fort . - Arrival of General Grant . - Occupation of ...
... land force . - Plan of co - operation . - The Naval Expedition . - Its composition . - Sailing of the Fleet . - The attack on Fort Henry . The Essex disabled . - Capitulation of the Fort . - Arrival of General Grant . - Occupation of ...
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... land , and was educated at the Military Academy of West Point , where he com- pleted his studies in 1836. After re- ceiving the commission of second lieu- tenant of dragoons in July of the same year , he resigned in the following Sep ...
... land , and was educated at the Military Academy of West Point , where he com- pleted his studies in 1836. After re- ceiving the commission of second lieu- tenant of dragoons in July of the same year , he resigned in the following Sep ...
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