Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... morning seemed tardy in relieving . But they had come out to fight , and bore the severe hardship without loss of spirit . These men had gone through no very prolonged drilling in camp , had no perfection of equipment , yet were ready ...
... morning seemed tardy in relieving . But they had come out to fight , and bore the severe hardship without loss of spirit . These men had gone through no very prolonged drilling in camp , had no perfection of equipment , yet were ready ...
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... morning , in order to open the road up the river , as a way of retreat to Nashville . Grant was absent conferring with Foote - then in no condition to leave his vessel , several miles down the river when the fighting on the 15th began ...
... morning , in order to open the road up the river , as a way of retreat to Nashville . Grant was absent conferring with Foote - then in no condition to leave his vessel , several miles down the river when the fighting on the 15th began ...
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... morning ( 16th ) , ask- ing a suspension of hostilities in order to negotiate terms of capitulation . Grant returned the memorable reply : " No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted . I propose to move im ...
... morning ( 16th ) , ask- ing a suspension of hostilities in order to negotiate terms of capitulation . Grant returned the memorable reply : " No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted . I propose to move im ...
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... morning , Curtis turned to right - about , advancing Carr northward on the road , beyond the Elkhorn Tavern , and aligning Davis in front of McCulloch and McIntosh . All day Carr fought persistently , suffering heavily but maintain- ing ...
... morning , Curtis turned to right - about , advancing Carr northward on the road , beyond the Elkhorn Tavern , and aligning Davis in front of McCulloch and McIntosh . All day Carr fought persistently , suffering heavily but maintain- ing ...
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... morning of the 7th . There and on the Tennessee shore he captured 6,700 prisoners , 123 heavy guns , and a great quantity of supplies . The Confederates now abandoned the river for a long distance below , their next obstruc- tion being ...
... morning of the 7th . There and on the Tennessee shore he captured 6,700 prisoners , 123 heavy guns , and a great quantity of supplies . The Confederates now abandoned the river for a long distance below , their next obstruc- tion being ...
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