Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... assailant were the mouths of the Tennessee and the Cumberland Rivers , and these it had been intended by the Confederates to possess when they occupied Colum- bus . Grant had unexpectedly arrived a few hours be- fore them at Paducah and ...
... assailant were the mouths of the Tennessee and the Cumberland Rivers , and these it had been intended by the Confederates to possess when they occupied Colum- bus . Grant had unexpectedly arrived a few hours be- fore them at Paducah and ...
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... assailants with destructive fury ; and Foote , him- self seriously hurt , withdrew his vessels to a place of security . General Floyd , now in command at Donelson , after consulting his division and brigade commanders , de- termined to ...
... assailants with destructive fury ; and Foote , him- self seriously hurt , withdrew his vessels to a place of security . General Floyd , now in command at Donelson , after consulting his division and brigade commanders , de- termined to ...
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... assailants were thrown into confusion and rout . So ended the conflict of the 7th . Flushed with his success against Carr , whose retreat into Missouri now seemed to be cut off , Van Dorn sought to gather all his strength on the next ...
... assailants were thrown into confusion and rout . So ended the conflict of the 7th . Flushed with his success against Carr , whose retreat into Missouri now seemed to be cut off , Van Dorn sought to gather all his strength on the next ...
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... assailants tried to penetrate , seeking to cut the army in two . Prentiss fell back , after protracted resistance ; Stuart , with much fighting , eluded Breckinridge's effort to surround him ; Hurlbut and W. H. L. Wallace were busy and ...
... assailants tried to penetrate , seeking to cut the army in two . Prentiss fell back , after protracted resistance ; Stuart , with much fighting , eluded Breckinridge's effort to surround him ; Hurlbut and W. H. L. Wallace were busy and ...
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... the enemy , maintaining the fight bravely through the second day , and driving the assailants back within their fortifications . For days and weeks thereafter the invading army was still to wait the ON THE PENINSULA . 55.
... the enemy , maintaining the fight bravely through the second day , and driving the assailants back within their fortifications . For days and weeks thereafter the invading army was still to wait the ON THE PENINSULA . 55.
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