Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... loss of spirit . These men had gone through no very prolonged drilling in camp , had no perfection of equipment , yet were ready to do their best . The guns of the Carondelet were heard below Fort Donelson on the 13th - the preconcerted ...
... loss of spirit . These men had gone through no very prolonged drilling in camp , had no perfection of equipment , yet were ready to do their best . The guns of the Carondelet were heard below Fort Donelson on the 13th - the preconcerted ...
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... loss of fifty - four men , killed or wounded ; the heavy guns of the upper batteries were brought to bear on the ... losses by McClernand's men , who had been driven back , but Wallace had come effectively to - their support . Quickly ...
... loss of fifty - four men , killed or wounded ; the heavy guns of the upper batteries were brought to bear on the ... losses by McClernand's men , who had been driven back , but Wallace had come effectively to - their support . Quickly ...
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... losses in killed and wounded on both sides ( Union - 500 killed , 2,108 wounded ; Confederate - 466 killed , 1,534 wounded * ) were somewhat greater than on the field at Bull Run . In material fruits to the victor , the two battles are ...
... losses in killed and wounded on both sides ( Union - 500 killed , 2,108 wounded ; Confederate - 466 killed , 1,534 wounded * ) were somewhat greater than on the field at Bull Run . In material fruits to the victor , the two battles are ...
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... losses , the killed and wounded on the Union side numbering 1,183 ; on the Confederate side , 1,500 . It was a decisive victory , which practically settled the contest for Missouri and brought the war line within the State of Arkansas ...
... losses , the killed and wounded on the Union side numbering 1,183 ; on the Confederate side , 1,500 . It was a decisive victory , which practically settled the contest for Missouri and brought the war line within the State of Arkansas ...
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... loss of his heavy guns . Foote having for several days ineffectually bombarded this " little Gib- raltar " of the Confederates , Pope urgently requested that a gunboat should be run past its batteries to dis- perse the wooden fleet of ...
... loss of his heavy guns . Foote having for several days ineffectually bombarded this " little Gib- raltar " of the Confederates , Pope urgently requested that a gunboat should be run past its batteries to dis- perse the wooden fleet of ...
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