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... Losses . Commencement of Siege Operations . Confidence in Richmond . - Johnston's Secret Anticipation of the Fall of Vicksburg .-- His Alleged Inability to Avert it . -Critical Condition of the Confederate Armies in Numbers.- Secret ...
... Losses . Commencement of Siege Operations . Confidence in Richmond . - Johnston's Secret Anticipation of the Fall of Vicksburg .-- His Alleged Inability to Avert it . -Critical Condition of the Confederate Armies in Numbers.- Secret ...
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... loss , leaving four hundred prisoners , three pieces of artillery , and several colors in our hands . This affair , popularly known as that of Brandy Station , was distinguished by an extraordinary exploit of Confederate troops . In one ...
... loss , leaving four hundred prisoners , three pieces of artillery , and several colors in our hands . This affair , popularly known as that of Brandy Station , was distinguished by an extraordinary exploit of Confederate troops . In one ...
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... loss was small . On the night that Ewell appeared at Winchester , the Federal troops in front of A. P. Hill , at Fredericksburg , recrossed the Rap- pahannock , and the next day disappeared behind the hills of Stafford . The onward ...
... loss was small . On the night that Ewell appeared at Winchester , the Federal troops in front of A. P. Hill , at Fredericksburg , recrossed the Rap- pahannock , and the next day disappeared behind the hills of Stafford . The onward ...
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... loss . The next day the engagement was renewed , the Federal cavalry being strongly supported by infantry , and General Stuart , in turn , was compelled to retire . The enemy advanced as far as Upperville and then fell back . In these ...
... loss . The next day the engagement was renewed , the Federal cavalry being strongly supported by infantry , and General Stuart , in turn , was compelled to retire . The enemy advanced as far as Upperville and then fell back . In these ...
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... loss was not heavy , though a few brigades suffered severely . Unfortunately , however , the enemy , driven through Gettys- burg , got possession of the high range of hills south and east of the town . Here was the fatal mistake of the ...
... loss was not heavy , though a few brigades suffered severely . Unfortunately , however , the enemy , driven through Gettys- burg , got possession of the high range of hills south and east of the town . Here was the fatal mistake of the ...
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