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... regiments of twelve months ' volun- teers , May 4th , at Jalapa , their terms of enlistment having nearly expired . The Government had been in- excusably dilatory in providing re - enforcements for Scott's army , which , having fought ...
... regiments of twelve months ' volun- teers , May 4th , at Jalapa , their terms of enlistment having nearly expired . The Government had been in- excusably dilatory in providing re - enforcements for Scott's army , which , having fought ...
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... regiments of the regular army , authorized by the Act of March 3 , 1855 , were organized , McClellan was offered and accepted a captain's commission in the First Cavalry , and resigned his commission as first lieutenant of engineers ...
... regiments of the regular army , authorized by the Act of March 3 , 1855 , were organized , McClellan was offered and accepted a captain's commission in the First Cavalry , and resigned his commission as first lieutenant of engineers ...
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... regiments were offi- cered by patriots , it is true , but they were uninstructed . in the art of war , and it is not too much to say that the methods employed and results obtained were vastly more inefficient and costly than would have ...
... regiments were offi- cered by patriots , it is true , but they were uninstructed . in the art of war , and it is not too much to say that the methods employed and results obtained were vastly more inefficient and costly than would have ...
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... regiments that hurried to Washington were woefully wanting in everything that was necessary to make them efficient save their inherent patriotic spirit . But with this spirit everything was possible after a requisite period of training ...
... regiments that hurried to Washington were woefully wanting in everything that was necessary to make them efficient save their inherent patriotic spirit . But with this spirit everything was possible after a requisite period of training ...
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... regiments of the regular forces , and were lost to the volunteers at the very time when their services would have been most valuable . It is gener- ally conceded that this was a grave error ; for a long time every regular officer who ...
... regiments of the regular forces , and were lost to the volunteers at the very time when their services would have been most valuable . It is gener- ally conceded that this was a grave error ; for a long time every regular officer who ...
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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