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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... grounds , it is not less due to Porter , and to truth - than to the good of the military service , and to the confidence so material to that . good which is to be placed in future military judgments , that the atten- tion of the public ...
... grounds , it is not less due to Porter , and to truth - than to the good of the military service , and to the confidence so material to that . good which is to be placed in future military judgments , that the atten- tion of the public ...
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... ground , and speak- ing , as he said , " not from hearsay , but from personal observation , " that had eclipsed , " in its result any other engagement in the campaign , " and that too much credit could not " be given to General Porter ...
... ground , and speak- ing , as he said , " not from hearsay , but from personal observation , " that had eclipsed , " in its result any other engagement in the campaign , " and that too much credit could not " be given to General Porter ...
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... ground , " the same witness testified : " He moved his troops off rapidly , and marched them at night , and everything within my limits appeared to me to indicate that he was DETERMINED TO GET HIS TROOPS UP THERE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE ...
... ground , " the same witness testified : " He moved his troops off rapidly , and marched them at night , and everything within my limits appeared to me to indicate that he was DETERMINED TO GET HIS TROOPS UP THERE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE ...
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... ground was . literally mired with the blood of his devoted followers , and where his efforts were so greatly instrumental in diminishing the disaster of the day . Having thus , it is confidently submitted , shown not only that there is ...
... ground was . literally mired with the blood of his devoted followers , and where his efforts were so greatly instrumental in diminishing the disaster of the day . Having thus , it is confidently submitted , shown not only that there is ...
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... ground of his fixed antecedent hypothesis of Porter's guilt ? I. But to the evidence . The order was received , as admitted by the Judge Advocate , between half - past nine and ten o'clock of the evening of the 27th of August . The ...
... ground of his fixed antecedent hypothesis of Porter's guilt ? I. But to the evidence . The order was received , as admitted by the Judge Advocate , between half - past nine and ten o'clock of the evening of the 27th of August . The ...
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