Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... brigades being prevented by floods from joining the rest of the division , Crittenden ordered an advance near midnight on the 18th of January , hoping to crush the two brigades at Logan's Cross Roads , ten miles away . The movement ...
... brigades being prevented by floods from joining the rest of the division , Crittenden ordered an advance near midnight on the 18th of January , hoping to crush the two brigades at Logan's Cross Roads , ten miles away . The movement ...
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... brigade of soldiers under General Thayer was landed . Other troops from near Fort Henry were joined with Thayer's , constituting a third division under the command of General Lew Wallace ( previously commanding a brig- ade of Smith's ...
... brigade of soldiers under General Thayer was landed . Other troops from near Fort Henry were joined with Thayer's , constituting a third division under the command of General Lew Wallace ( previously commanding a brig- ade of Smith's ...
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... brigade under General Albert Pike . Far from his base and confronted by greatly superior num- bers , Curtis was now in a situation of extreme peril . Ordered by Halleck to take up a strong defensive posi- tion , he selected the valley ...
... brigade under General Albert Pike . Far from his base and confronted by greatly superior num- bers , Curtis was now in a situation of extreme peril . Ordered by Halleck to take up a strong defensive posi- tion , he selected the valley ...
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... brigades were on the right , near Shiloh Church , more than two miles out on the Corinth road , and his other brigade ... brigade , the division of Prentiss ; and be- hind these three divisions were Hurlbut's on the right and W. H. L. ...
... brigades were on the right , near Shiloh Church , more than two miles out on the Corinth road , and his other brigade ... brigade , the division of Prentiss ; and be- hind these three divisions were Hurlbut's on the right and W. H. L. ...
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... brigade , on a ridge over- looking a ravine to be crossed by the enemy , was made aware of the impending onslaught ... brigades at length began crumbling ; new lines were formed on ridges in the rear ; McClernand became engaged , with ...
... brigade , on a ridge over- looking a ravine to be crossed by the enemy , was made aware of the impending onslaught ... brigades at length began crumbling ; new lines were formed on ridges in the rear ; McClernand became engaged , with ...
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