Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2D. McKay, 1866 - United States |
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... says , " as if the spirits were playing tricks with it . When I screwed up my utmost resolution , the ' y's ' would still run into long streaks , and the letters combine most curiously , and my eyes closed , and my pen slipped . " After ...
... says , " as if the spirits were playing tricks with it . When I screwed up my utmost resolution , the ' y's ' would still run into long streaks , and the letters combine most curiously , and my eyes closed , and my pen slipped . " After ...
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... says : " Flour bought by speculators in the Valley and Loudon was carried to Richmond , sold to the Subsistence Bureau , and transported back to Manassas . " 2 Late in August , Johnston wrote to Beauregard : " It is impossible , as the ...
... says : " Flour bought by speculators in the Valley and Loudon was carried to Richmond , sold to the Subsistence Bureau , and transported back to Manassas . " 2 Late in August , Johnston wrote to Beauregard : " It is impossible , as the ...
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... say 100 field batteries , 600 guns ........ 28 regiments of cavalry .... 5 regiments engineer roops .... Total ........ 225,000 men . 15,000 66 25,500 7,500 66 66 273,000 men . " 2 " The creation of such an army , " said General ...
... say 100 field batteries , 600 guns ........ 28 regiments of cavalry .... 5 regiments engineer roops .... Total ........ 225,000 men . 15,000 66 25,500 7,500 66 66 273,000 men . " 2 " The creation of such an army , " said General ...
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... say , ' War is better than peace : war is comparative repose . ' They will say when they are subdued , or if they choose now to submit , ' What next ? Have we peace , or is this new army 1 The negatives were Breckinridge and Powell , of ...
... say , ' War is better than peace : war is comparative repose . ' They will say when they are subdued , or if they choose now to submit , ' What next ? Have we peace , or is this new army 1 The negatives were Breckinridge and Powell , of ...
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... says , " in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it , " he said : " We may well rejoice that we have severed all connection with a Government which thus tramples on all the principles of constitutional liberty ...
... says , " in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it , " he said : " We may well rejoice that we have severed all connection with a Government which thus tramples on all the principles of constitutional liberty ...
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Albemarle Sound arms army arrived artillery attack Banks battery battle Beauregard brigade British Buell camp cannon Captain capture cavalry Colonel command composed Confede Confederates conspirators Corinth Creek Cumberland Cumberland River defense dispatch division Donelson enemy expedition Ferry fight fire flag flank fled fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Jackson forward Fremont front Government Grant gun-boats Halleck head-quarters heavy guns Heintzelman Henry hundred infantry insurgents intrenchments Island Number Jackson John Johnston Kentucky killed land large number latter Leesburg Lieutenant Manassas McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement Nashville National troops Navy night o'clock officers Ohio Orleans Pope position Potomac prisoners railway re-enforcements rear regiment Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shore shot Sigel soldiers soon steamer surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand Union vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded