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... enemy's line as possible , often without regard to personal safety , he must re- connoiter the enemy's front , coolly judge of the strength of his defenses , and obtain reliable information . that will govern the commanding general in ...
... enemy's line as possible , often without regard to personal safety , he must re- connoiter the enemy's front , coolly judge of the strength of his defenses , and obtain reliable information . that will govern the commanding general in ...
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... enemy , the tangled undergrowth and felled timber formed an impassable abatis , and prevented a successful assault , but in the meanwhile the Telegrafo on the right was gallantly carried and the enemy's line of retreat secured . As a ...
... enemy , the tangled undergrowth and felled timber formed an impassable abatis , and prevented a successful assault , but in the meanwhile the Telegrafo on the right was gallantly carried and the enemy's line of retreat secured . As a ...
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... enemy , fell into our hands . As the army advanced toward Puebla its progress was delayed only by its limited transportation , which was entirely insufficient to supply its needs over the long line from its prin- cipal depot at Vera ...
... enemy , fell into our hands . As the army advanced toward Puebla its progress was delayed only by its limited transportation , which was entirely insufficient to supply its needs over the long line from its prin- cipal depot at Vera ...
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... enemy . " As no satisfactory conclusion could be reached by the commissioners in their conference for a definite peace , General Scott gave notice of his determination to end the armistice on the 7th of September , and hos- tilities ...
... enemy . " As no satisfactory conclusion could be reached by the commissioners in their conference for a definite peace , General Scott gave notice of his determination to end the armistice on the 7th of September , and hos- tilities ...
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... enemy during its construction , it afforded him some gratification to know that it contributed greatly , by its own ... enemy's artillery swept the causeway , while his infantry , covered by the houses that lined both sides , was enabled ...
... enemy during its construction , it afforded him some gratification to know that it contributed greatly , by its own ... enemy's artillery swept the causeway , while his infantry , covered by the houses that lined both sides , was enabled ...
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A. P. Hill advance afternoon arrived artillery attack bank batteries battle Bottom's Bridge Bridge brigade campaign Casey's cavalry Chickahominy chief command Confederate army corps Court House Creek crossing D. H. Hill defensive delay Department directed dispatch duty enemy enemy's eral fight Fort Magruder Fort Monroe Franklin Frémont front guns Halleck Harper's Ferry headquarters Heintzelman Hooker Huger hundred immediate infantry intrenched Jackson James River Johnston Kearny's Keyes latter Lee's Longstreet Magruder Manassas March McClel McClellan McDowell McDowell's Mechanicsville ment miles military Mill Monroe morning move movement navy night numbers o'clock occupied officers Official War Records operations Peninsula Porter position possible Potomac President railroad Rappahannock re-enforcements reached rear redoubts regiments retreat Richmond right flank says Secretary Secretary of War sent siege Smith's strength success Sumner thousand tion transportation Union army Union forces Union line Valley vicinity Virginia Washington Williamsburg road York River Yorktown
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Page 59 - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in...
Page 431 - As I understand, you telegraphed General Halleck that you cannot subsist your army at Winchester unless the railroad from Harper's Ferry to that point be put in working order. But the enemy does now subsist his army at Winchester, at a distance nearly twice as great from railroad transportation as you would have to do, without the railroad last named.
Page 195 - MY DEAR SIR: — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.
Page 282 - I ordered the army corps organization not only on the unanimous opinion of the twelve generals whom you had selected and assigned as generals of divisions, but also on the unanimous opinion of every military man I could get an opinion from, and every modern military book, yourself only excepted.
Page 428 - President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good.
Page 187 - That the heads of departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the General-in-Chief, with all other commanders and subordinates of land and naval forces, will severally be held to their strict and full responsibilities for prompt execution of this order. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 186 - That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces.
Page 388 - I am clear that one of two courses should be adopted: First, to concentrate all our available forces to open communication with Pope ; second, to leave Pope to get out of his scrape, and at once use all our means to make the capital perfectly safe.
Page 399 - General Walker, with his division, after accomplishing the object in which he is now engaged, will cross the Potomac at Cheek's Ford, ascend its right bank to Lovettsville, take possession of...
Page 400 - Longstreet, Jackson, and McLaws, and with the main body of the cavalry will cover the route of the army and bring up all stragglers that may haVe been left behind. The commands of Generals Jackson, McLaws, and Walker, after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of the army at Boonsboro