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... operations in which he was engaged was his own brother , who bought confiscated property , shipped large con- signments from New Orleans , to be paid for in cotton , and speculated largely in powder , saltpetre , muskets , and other war ...
... operations in which he was engaged was his own brother , who bought confiscated property , shipped large con- signments from New Orleans , to be paid for in cotton , and speculated largely in powder , saltpetre , muskets , and other war ...
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... operations of the war . The exhaustion of our men and the interposition of a river , no longer bridged , secured Fremont from a second bat- tle or a hasty flight . The next day he commenced his retreat down the Valley . This famous ...
... operations of the war . The exhaustion of our men and the interposition of a river , no longer bridged , secured Fremont from a second bat- tle or a hasty flight . The next day he commenced his retreat down the Valley . This famous ...
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... operation , has com- pelled him to defer the execution of his original and cherished purpose of giving to the public a worthy biography of one whose name is a source of immortal pride to the South , and an enduring ornament to the ...
... operation , has com- pelled him to defer the execution of his original and cherished purpose of giving to the public a worthy biography of one whose name is a source of immortal pride to the South , and an enduring ornament to the ...
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... operations on the frontier of Virginia ; this accomplished , the city of Rich- mond was surrounded by an army whose numbers was all that could be desired ; composed of picked forces ; having every advantage that science and art could ...
... operations on the frontier of Virginia ; this accomplished , the city of Rich- mond was surrounded by an army whose numbers was all that could be desired ; composed of picked forces ; having every advantage that science and art could ...
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... operations of which the Northern government had omitted no conditions of success . THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES . Having reached the Chickahominy , McClellan threw a portion of his army across the river , and , having thus estab- lished ...
... operations of which the Northern government had omitted no conditions of success . THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES . Having reached the Chickahominy , McClellan threw a portion of his army across the river , and , having thus estab- lished ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery Ashby attack bank batteries Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg charge Chickahominy command commenced Confederacy Confederate corps D. H. Hill defeated defences division driven enemy enemy's engaged evacuated Ewell Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank forces Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hill's Hooker horse hour hundred infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded line of battle Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning movement night North Northern numbers o'clock occupied officers opened passed pieces of artillery Pope Port Hudson portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern surrender Tennessee thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia wagons Washington whole woods Yankee