Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... forces for operations on the Mississippi River . Evidently , McClellan was intending no important movement at the ... force was brought to bear on the latter place . On New Year's Day the President wrote to Halleck : General McClellan ...
... forces for operations on the Mississippi River . Evidently , McClellan was intending no important movement at the ... force was brought to bear on the latter place . On New Year's Day the President wrote to Halleck : General McClellan ...
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... 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 object stated was . by simultaneously threatening both ...
... 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 object stated was . by simultaneously threatening both ...
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... forces upon points of collision ; that we must fail unless we can find some way of making our advantage an overmatch for his ; and that this can only be done by menacing him with superior forces at different points at the same time , so ...
... forces upon points of collision ; that we must fail unless we can find some way of making our advantage an overmatch for his ; and that this can only be done by menacing him with superior forces at different points at the same time , so ...
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... forces of the United States against the insurgent forces . That especially the Army at and about Fortress Monroe , the ... force in the Gulf of Mexico , be ready for a movement on that day . That all other forces , both land and naval ...
... forces of the United States against the insurgent forces . That especially the Army at and about Fortress Monroe , the ... force in the Gulf of Mexico , be ready for a movement on that day . That all other forces , both land and naval ...
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... force " which Hal- leck had ordered in aid of Buell , General Grant , before the middle of January , had put in motion six thousand men under General McClernand ( whom he accompanied on this expedition ) , to menace Columbus , and a ...
... force " which Hal- leck had ordered in aid of Buell , General Grant , before the middle of January , had put in motion six thousand men under General McClernand ( whom he accompanied on this expedition ) , to menace Columbus , and a ...
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