Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... 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 , led by Crittenden in per- son , with Zollicoffer as second , was ...
... 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 , led by Crittenden in per- son , with Zollicoffer as second , was ...
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... division under the 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 ...
... division under the 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 ...
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... division , in whose front the enemy had been weakened to support his left . Smith broke through the enemy's outer works , gaining a command- ing position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ended nine hours ' fighting . Floyd ...
... division , in whose front the enemy had been weakened to support his left . Smith broke through the enemy's outer works , gaining a command- ing position from which he could not be dislodged . Thus ended nine hours ' fighting . Floyd ...
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... 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 , seemed to Van Dorn an easy prey . On the 5th of March ...
... 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 , seemed to Van Dorn an easy prey . On the 5th of March ...
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... division of Buell's army , advanced from Nashville southward , restoring the railway which Albert Sidney Johnston had disabled in his retreat , and early in April captured Huntsville , Ala . , with a large amount of rolling - stock of ...
... division of Buell's army , advanced from Nashville southward , restoring the railway which Albert Sidney Johnston had disabled in his retreat , and early in April captured Huntsville , Ala . , with a large amount of rolling - stock of ...
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