Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... cavalry , by the partly overflowed road from Dover southward . Buckner , on whom the command now devolved , sent a flag of truce early the next morning ( 16th ) , ask- ing a suspension of hostilities in order to negotiate terms of ...
... cavalry , by the partly overflowed road from Dover southward . Buckner , on whom the command now devolved , sent a flag of truce early the next morning ( 16th ) , ask- ing a suspension of hostilities in order to negotiate terms of ...
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... cavalry , with artillery of forty guns . The four thin divisions , under Osterhaus , Sigel , Davis and Carr , scattered in various directions gathering forage and supplies as they slowly fell back from Fayetteville in separate columns ...
... cavalry , with artillery of forty guns . The four thin divisions , under Osterhaus , Sigel , Davis and Carr , scattered in various directions gathering forage and supplies as they slowly fell back from Fayetteville in separate columns ...
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... cavalry between the hostile camps on both the Corinth and the Purdy road , but neither Grant nor Sherman believed the enemy would advance to give battle , until the storm actually burst upon them on Sunday morning , the 6th of April ...
... cavalry between the hostile camps on both the Corinth and the Purdy road , but neither Grant nor Sherman believed the enemy would advance to give battle , until the storm actually burst upon them on Sunday morning , the 6th of April ...
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... cavalry , 3,141 ; artillery reserve , 3,116 ; provost guards , U. S. engineer forces and head- quarters cavalry escort , 1,114 ; total , 158,419 . The force to be left to cover Washington numbered 22,410 ( less than 20,000 " present for ...
... cavalry , 3,141 ; artillery reserve , 3,116 ; provost guards , U. S. engineer forces and head- quarters cavalry escort , 1,114 ; total , 158,419 . The force to be left to cover Washington numbered 22,410 ( less than 20,000 " present for ...
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... cavalry and artillery , had been sent in pursuit of the enemy on the morning of the 4th , and coming under fire as he neared Williamsburg , a dozen miles from Yorktown , he retired out of range to await the arrival of Hooker's division ...
... cavalry and artillery , had been sent in pursuit of the enemy on the morning of the 4th , and coming under fire as he neared Williamsburg , a dozen miles from Yorktown , he retired out of range to await the arrival of Hooker's division ...
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