Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... fact , would it not be less valuable in this : that it would break no great line of the enemy's communica- tions , while mine would ? Fifth . In case of disaster , would not a retreat be more difficult by your pian than mine ? McClellan ...
... fact , would it not be less valuable in this : that it would break no great line of the enemy's communica- tions , while mine would ? Fifth . In case of disaster , would not a retreat be more difficult by your pian than mine ? McClellan ...
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... fact , only about eleven thousand men in all to hold a line of fourteen miles from the York to the James , ) directed him to begin his forward movement from the new base at once . The General issued marching orders for the 4th , and on ...
... fact , only about eleven thousand men in all to hold a line of fourteen miles from the York to the James , ) directed him to begin his forward movement from the new base at once . The General issued marching orders for the 4th , and on ...
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... fact , a serious battle had been fought that day , to the main features of which he made no allusion . Stone- man , with a force of cavalry and artillery , had been sent in pursuit of the enemy on the morning of the 4th , and coming ...
... fact , a serious battle had been fought that day , to the main features of which he made no allusion . Stone- man , with a force of cavalry and artillery , had been sent in pursuit of the enemy on the morning of the 4th , and coming ...
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... fact , to continue in permanence . The other three corps present were now left with but two divis- ions each : Sumner's ( the Second ) , those of Sedgwick and Richardson ; Heintzelman's ( the Third ) , those of Hooker and Kearney ; and ...
... fact , to continue in permanence . The other three corps present were now left with but two divis- ions each : Sumner's ( the Second ) , those of Sedgwick and Richardson ; Heintzelman's ( the Third ) , those of Hooker and Kearney ; and ...
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... fact , he had taken the precau- tion to have some supplies dispatched by that river . He now ordered his heavy guns near Gaines's Mill , in * Losses Union - killed , 49 ; wounded , 207. Confederate- killed , 600 ; wounded . 1,850 ...
... fact , he had taken the precau- tion to have some supplies dispatched by that river . He now ordered his heavy guns near Gaines's Mill , in * Losses Union - killed , 49 ; wounded , 207. Confederate- killed , 600 ; wounded . 1,850 ...
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