Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... command of the Paducah district " to make a demonstration in force on Mayfield and in the direc- tion of Murray , " in which Captain Foote of the Navy was to assist by gunboat reconnoissances up the Ten- nessee and the Cumberland . The ...
... command of the Paducah district " to make a demonstration in force on Mayfield and in the direc- tion of Murray , " in which Captain Foote of the Navy was to assist by gunboat reconnoissances up the Ten- nessee and the Cumberland . The ...
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... satisfaction in securing for the command in this quarter an officer so high in military repute and personal standing as Albert Sidney Johnston . He was believed capable of doing marvels , CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON . II.
... satisfaction in securing for the command in this quarter an officer so high in military repute and personal standing as Albert Sidney Johnston . He was believed capable of doing marvels , CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON . II.
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... command of General Lew Wallace ( previously commanding a brig- ade of Smith's division ) , which took position between McClernand and Smith , closing up the lines more effectually . On the 14th , Foote moved up and engaged the water ...
... command of General Lew Wallace ( previously commanding a brig- ade of Smith's division ) , which took position between McClernand and Smith , closing up the lines more effectually . On the 14th , Foote moved up and engaged the water ...
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... command- ing position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ended nine hours ' fighting . Floyd , availing himself of the slight means of river transportation at command , fled toward Nashville that night , taking with him as many ...
... command- ing position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ended nine hours ' fighting . Floyd , availing himself of the slight means of river transportation at command , fled toward Nashville that night , taking with him as many ...
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... command . Canby issued a procla- mation at Santa Fe on the 4th of May announcing the end of Sibley's invasion . West of Arkansas the strife was now over . General Pope , breaking camp late in February , moved upon New Madrid , on the ...
... command . Canby issued a procla- mation at Santa Fe on the 4th of May announcing the end of Sibley's invasion . West of Arkansas the strife was now over . General Pope , breaking camp late in February , moved upon New Madrid , on the ...
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