Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... troops could then be spared from Missouri , and that he knew noth- ing of Buell's intended operations . He further said : " If it be intended that his ( Buell's ) column shall move on Bowling Green while another moves from Cairo or ...
... troops could then be spared from Missouri , and that he knew noth- ing of Buell's intended operations . He further said : " If it be intended that his ( Buell's ) column shall move on Bowling Green while another moves from Cairo or ...
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... troops had the benefit of experience in movement . Other and more vital consequences followed . The Confederates had much satisfaction in securing for the command in this quarter an officer so high in military repute and personal ...
... troops had the benefit of experience in movement . Other and more vital consequences followed . The Confederates had much satisfaction in securing for the command in this quarter an officer so high in military repute and personal ...
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... troops on transports and of seven gun- boats began on the 2d of February . After severe fight- ing , in which there were serious casualties to the fleet , Fort Henry was surrendered to Flag - officer Foote on the 6th , and Grant , whose ...
... troops on transports and of seven gun- boats began on the 2d of February . After severe fight- ing , in which there were serious casualties to the fleet , Fort Henry was surrendered to Flag - officer Foote on the 6th , and Grant , whose ...
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... 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 ) , which took position between McClernand and Smith ...
... 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 ) , which took position between McClernand and Smith ...
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... troops as could be carried . Colonel Forrest also got away , with a body of cavalry , by the partly overflowed road from Dover southward . Buckner , on whom the command now devolved , sent a flag of truce early the next morning ( 16th ) ...
... troops as could be carried . Colonel Forrest also got away , with a body of cavalry , by the partly overflowed road from Dover southward . Buckner , on whom the command now devolved , sent a flag of truce early the next morning ( 16th ) ...
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