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... position from the administration , with the clamor of demagogi- cal presses that the suggestion conveyed a reflection upon the patriotism of the country , and with the fashionable nonsense that it was a confession calculated to give aid ...
... position from the administration , with the clamor of demagogi- cal presses that the suggestion conveyed a reflection upon the patriotism of the country , and with the fashionable nonsense that it was a confession calculated to give aid ...
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... position of Milroy , the Yankee commander at McDowell . The brigade of General Johnson had secured an advantageous position on a hill , and the enemy , fearful of being surrounded , decided at last , after some signs of hesita- tion ...
... position of Milroy , the Yankee commander at McDowell . The brigade of General Johnson had secured an advantageous position on a hill , and the enemy , fearful of being surrounded , decided at last , after some signs of hesita- tion ...
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... position , his rear was approached and attacked by Fremont's whole army , on the morning of Sunday , the 8th of June , and , at the same time , Shields ' force approached on the east side of the Shenandoah near Port Republic . That part ...
... position , his rear was approached and attacked by Fremont's whole army , on the morning of Sunday , the 8th of June , and , at the same time , Shields ' force approached on the east side of the Shenandoah near Port Republic . That part ...
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... position for planting our artillery . The advantage of position belonged altogether to the enemy . The capital fault of his disposition . for battle was that the battery on his extreme left was posted near the woods without any infantry ...
... position for planting our artillery . The advantage of position belonged altogether to the enemy . The capital fault of his disposition . for battle was that the battery on his extreme left was posted near the woods without any infantry ...
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... position of our troops would be the same as if at Yorktown they had had a force of gunboats exactly equal to that of the enemy , thus neutralizing his ad- vantage in respect of naval armament . The retreat from Yorktown produced ...
... position of our troops would be the same as if at Yorktown they had had a force of gunboats exactly equal to that of the enemy , thus neutralizing his ad- vantage in respect of naval armament . The retreat from Yorktown produced ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack bank batteries battle of Murfreesboro Bragg brave bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry charge Chickahominy command commenced Confederacy Confederate Congress corps D. H. Hill defeated defences destruction division enemy enemy's engaged Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank force Fredericksburg front Gordonsville gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg Hill Hooker horse hundred infantry Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan McLaws ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly night North numbers o'clock occupied officers opened ordered political Port Port Hudson Port Republic portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern spirit success surrender Tennessee thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington West whole woods Yankee yards