A Reply to the Review of Judge Advocate General Holt, of the Proceedings, Findings and Sentence, of the General Court Martial: In the Case of Major General Fitz John Porter, and a Vindication of that Officer, Issues 1-7 |
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... attack first upon that part of Wellington's Army encamped at Viseu , Theirs tells us , that those two officers " spread abroad amongst their several corps , that it was Mas- sena , who , grown old , and no longer the same man ...
... attack first upon that part of Wellington's Army encamped at Viseu , Theirs tells us , that those two officers " spread abroad amongst their several corps , that it was Mas- sena , who , grown old , and no longer the same man ...
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... attack the enemy with his right advanced , and informed him that HOOKER and RENO would be with him immediately after daylight . To my surprise and dissatisfaction , I learned towards daylight , on the morning of the 29th , that King's ...
... attack the enemy with his right advanced , and informed him that HOOKER and RENO would be with him immediately after daylight . To my surprise and dissatisfaction , I learned towards daylight , on the morning of the 29th , that King's ...
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... attack on the enemy at Fredericksburg , proved most disastrous . To redeem the honor of his army , and retrieve , at the same time , his own weakened reputation , he resolved on another attack , and on a different plan . This was at ...
... attack on the enemy at Fredericksburg , proved most disastrous . To redeem the honor of his army , and retrieve , at the same time , his own weakened reputation , he resolved on another attack , and on a different plan . This was at ...
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... attack his right flank . He then said to Porter , " you put your forces in here , and I will take mine up the Dudley Springs road on the left of troops engaged at that point with the enemy . " ( P. 307. ) From this statement , the ...
... attack his right flank . He then said to Porter , " you put your forces in here , and I will take mine up the Dudley Springs road on the left of troops engaged at that point with the enemy . " ( P. 307. ) From this statement , the ...
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... attack “ the enemy's right flank , " should put his " force in here , " meaning , in front of the then locality of the two corps . He does not intimate even , that a word was uttered by McDowell contrary to this alleged order , and yet ...
... attack “ the enemy's right flank , " should put his " force in here , " meaning , in front of the then locality of the two corps . He does not intimate even , that a word was uttered by McDowell contrary to this alleged order , and yet ...
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