Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... direction . What he specially needed was time . He set about the construction of defensive works on the two rivers more than eighty miles upward from the Ohio , near the line between the States of Kentucky and Tennessee , where those ...
... direction . What he specially needed was time . He set about the construction of defensive works on the two rivers more than eighty miles upward from the Ohio , near the line between the States of Kentucky and Tennessee , where those ...
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... directions gathering forage and supplies as they slowly fell back from Fayetteville in separate columns , seemed to Van Dorn an easy prey . On the 5th of March Curtis learned that the enemy was close at hand . After obstructing the ...
... directions gathering forage and supplies as they slowly fell back from Fayetteville in separate columns , seemed to Van Dorn an easy prey . On the 5th of March Curtis learned that the enemy was close at hand . After obstructing the ...
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... the earliest possible moment . " By direction of Secretary Stanton , the work of pro- viding transportation by water had begun as early as the middle of February , and had been vigorously pushed . 38 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
... the earliest possible moment . " By direction of Secretary Stanton , the work of pro- viding transportation by water had begun as early as the middle of February , and had been vigorously pushed . 38 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
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... direction . I am still not willing to take all our force off the direct line between Richmond and here . " On the 18th , McClellan was informed by Secretary Stanton : The President is not willing to uncover the capital en- tirely ; and ...
... direction . I am still not willing to take all our force off the direct line between Richmond and here . " On the 18th , McClellan was informed by Secretary Stanton : The President is not willing to uncover the capital en- tirely ; and ...
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... direction of sending out troops from Alexandria , " and was informed that the exigency re- quired Franklin's corps to move toward Manassas Junc- tion " as soon as possible . " Sumner's corps had begun disembarking at Acquia Creek the ...
... direction of sending out troops from Alexandria , " and was informed that the exigency re- quired Franklin's corps to move toward Manassas Junc- tion " as soon as possible . " Sumner's corps had begun disembarking at Acquia Creek the ...
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