Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... present for duty , 190,806 . This force included the greater part of the regular army , and volunteers who had been trained in camp , some for more than five months and most through a large share of this period . On the last day of ...
... present for duty , 190,806 . This force included the greater part of the regular army , and volunteers who had been trained in camp , some for more than five months and most through a large share of this period . On the last day of ...
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... present for duty " ) , and of this number it was proposed that 4,000 be sent to Manassas Junction . This was decidedly less than his corps commanders had lately estimated to be necessary , as reported by himself . Wadsworth having ...
... present for duty " ) , and of this number it was proposed that 4,000 be sent to Manassas Junction . This was decidedly less than his corps commanders had lately estimated to be necessary , as reported by himself . Wadsworth having ...
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... present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated . I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now , nor with a fuller purpose to ...
... present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated . I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now , nor with a fuller purpose to ...
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... present arrange- ment " had " nearly resulted in a most disastrous defeat " at Williamsburg , adding : " Had I been one - half hour later on the field on the 5th , we would have been routed and would have lost everything . ' . Stanton ...
... present arrange- ment " had " nearly resulted in a most disastrous defeat " at Williamsburg , adding : " Had I been one - half hour later on the field on the 5th , we would have been routed and would have lost everything . ' . Stanton ...
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... 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 Keyes's ( the Fourth ) , those of Couch and Casey . On ...
... 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 Keyes's ( the Fourth ) , those of Couch and Casey . On ...
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