Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... army — and twenty thousand stand of arms as well as a large amount of stores , with the fort , works and guns , were given into Grant's possession . The numbers here engaged and the losses in killed and wounded on both sides ( Union ...
... army — and twenty thousand stand of arms as well as a large amount of stores , with the fort , works and guns , were given into Grant's possession . The numbers here engaged and the losses in killed and wounded on both sides ( Union ...
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... armies had severe losses , the killed and wounded on the Union side numbering 1,183 ; on the Confederate side , 1,500 . It was a decisive victory , which practically settled the contest for Missouri and brought the war line within the ...
... armies had severe losses , the killed and wounded on the Union side numbering 1,183 ; on the Confederate side , 1,500 . It was a decisive victory , which practically settled the contest for Missouri and brought the war line within the ...
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... Union army back upon the river , turn its left , hem it in between the Tennessee and the swollen waters of Snake Creek , and compel a surrender before sunset . His men advanced in triple lines , extended to cover the Union front ...
... Union army back upon the river , turn its left , hem it in between the Tennessee and the swollen waters of Snake Creek , and compel a surrender before sunset . His men advanced in triple lines , extended to cover the Union front ...
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... Union right . Near 3 o'clock Johnston fell , dying from a flesh wound , which severed an artery . men . The sun was getting low when the Union ... army began arriving at the landing . The gunboats Lexington and Tyler improved with telling ...
... Union right . Near 3 o'clock Johnston fell , dying from a flesh wound , which severed an artery . men . The sun was getting low when the Union ... army began arriving at the landing . The gunboats Lexington and Tyler improved with telling ...
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... Union reverses of the previous year , and helped to break the force of other disasters soon to fol- low . Had the ... Army of the Potomac mond Yorktown THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER . 31.
... Union reverses of the previous year , and helped to break the force of other disasters soon to fol- low . Had the ... Army of the Potomac mond Yorktown THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER . 31.
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