Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... advance being at Munfordsville . On the last of De- cember the President telegraphed to Halleck , informing him of McClellan's illness , and inquiring : “ Are General Buell and yourself in concert ? " The answer was that he had " never ...
... advance being at Munfordsville . On the last of De- cember the President telegraphed to Halleck , informing him of McClellan's illness , and inquiring : “ Are General Buell and yourself in concert ? " The answer was that he had " never ...
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... advance : Your dispatch of yesterday has been received , and it disappoints and distresses me . I have shown it to General McClellan , who says he will write you to - day . I am not competent to criticise your views , and therefore what ...
... advance : Your dispatch of yesterday has been received , and it disappoints and distresses me . I have shown it to General McClellan , who says he will write you to - day . I am not competent to criticise your views , and therefore what ...
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... advance near midnight on the 18th of January , hoping to crush the two brigades at Logan's Cross Roads , ten miles away . The movement , led by Crittenden in per- son , with Zollicoffer as second , was promptly executed , and before ...
... advance near midnight on the 18th of January , hoping to crush the two brigades at Logan's Cross Roads , ten miles away . The movement , led by Crittenden in per- son , with Zollicoffer as second , was promptly executed , and before ...
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... advance of the Flag - officer and the rest of his com- mand . Grant had formed his lines that morning , ex- tending a distance of three miles , his right under McClernand , its extreme near the river above Dover , his left under C. F. ...
... advance of the Flag - officer and the rest of his com- mand . Grant had formed his lines that morning , ex- tending a distance of three miles , his right under McClernand , its extreme near the river above Dover , his left under C. F. ...
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... advance , bringing into action Smith's division , in whose front the enemy had been weakened to support his left . Smith broke through the enemy's outer works , gaining a command- ing position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ...
... advance , bringing into action Smith's division , in whose front the enemy had been weakened to support his left . Smith broke through the enemy's outer works , gaining a command- ing position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ...
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