Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... 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 Columbus and the Confederate works at ...
... 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 Columbus and the Confederate works at ...
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... tion . Preparation was duly made ; but the February victories were not to have such celebration in Wash- ington . Early in the month , the President's son , Willie , a lad of twelve years , was attacked by typhoid fever . Through many ...
... tion . Preparation was duly made ; but the February victories were not to have such celebration in Wash- ington . Early in the month , the President's son , Willie , a lad of twelve years , was attacked by typhoid fever . Through many ...
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... a strong defensive posi- tion , he selected the valley of Sugar Creek , surmounted by the heights of Pea Ridge , a few miles ( 18 ) CHAPTER II HALLECK, BUELL, POPE - MISSISSIPPI RIVER-FARRA- GUT AND Butler ยท - NEW ORLEANS.
... a strong defensive posi- tion , he selected the valley of Sugar Creek , surmounted by the heights of Pea Ridge , a few miles ( 18 ) CHAPTER II HALLECK, BUELL, POPE - MISSISSIPPI RIVER-FARRA- GUT AND Butler ยท - NEW ORLEANS.
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... tion being the fortifications they had erected a few miles above Memphis . Meanwhile , Halleck's stronger forces east of the Mississippi were not inactive . General O. M. Mitchel , commanding a division of Buell's army , advanced from ...
... tion being the fortifications they had erected a few miles above Memphis . Meanwhile , Halleck's stronger forces east of the Mississippi were not inactive . General O. M. Mitchel , commanding a division of Buell's army , advanced from ...
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... tion between the enemy and the river . Prentiss , not falling back promptly enough , was surrounded and cap- tured in person , with more than two thousand of his Grant's front had receded more than a mile since morning . Most of his ...
... tion between the enemy and the river . Prentiss , not falling back promptly enough , was surrounded and cap- tured in person , with more than two thousand of his Grant's front had receded more than a mile since morning . Most of his ...
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