Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... soldiers had a dreary and benumbing bivouac which the 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 ...
... soldiers had a dreary and benumbing bivouac which the 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 ...
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... soldiers under General Thayer was landed . Other troops from near Fort Henry were joined with Thayer's , constituting a third division under the command of General Lew Wallace ( previously commanding a brig- ade of Smith's division ) ...
... soldiers under General Thayer was landed . Other troops from near Fort Henry were joined with Thayer's , constituting a third division under the command of General Lew Wallace ( previously commanding a brig- ade of Smith's division ) ...
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... soldiers ( over 11,000 ) were landed on the 6th of February at Ashby Harbor , midway of the western side of the island . The Confederate works , under orders of ex - Governor Wise , who had charge of the coast defenses , had been ...
... soldiers ( over 11,000 ) were landed on the 6th of February at Ashby Harbor , midway of the western side of the island . The Confederate works , under orders of ex - Governor Wise , who had charge of the coast defenses , had been ...
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... soldiers bivouacked on the night of the 6th at Sugar Creek , expecting an early assault . Van Dorn , leaving a few men to feign a direct advance , swung his main force around to the west and north , one wing , under himself and Price ...
... soldiers bivouacked on the night of the 6th at Sugar Creek , expecting an early assault . Van Dorn , leaving a few men to feign a direct advance , swung his main force around to the west and north , one wing , under himself and Price ...
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... soldiers , to murmur over any minor hard- ships and restraints consequent upon a state of war ; yet an incident of this kind , memorable for the treatment it received from the President , occurred in New Orleans . A respectable citizen ...
... soldiers , to murmur over any minor hard- ships and restraints consequent upon a state of war ; yet an incident of this kind , memorable for the treatment it received from the President , occurred in New Orleans . A respectable citizen ...
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