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... passing through successive stages of disorganization to dissolution . The army of the enemy was superior to our own in every re- spect , except courage and good cause ; they had every guaranty of success that numbers , discipline ...
... passing through successive stages of disorganization to dissolution . The army of the enemy was superior to our own in every re- spect , except courage and good cause ; they had every guaranty of success that numbers , discipline ...
Page 23
... passed on the 16th of April , 1862. It was afterwards enlarged by another act ( 27th September ) , giving the Executive the power to call into ser- vice persons between the ages of thirty - five and forty - five . Although the rush of ...
... passed on the 16th of April , 1862. It was afterwards enlarged by another act ( 27th September ) , giving the Executive the power to call into ser- vice persons between the ages of thirty - five and forty - five . Although the rush of ...
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... passed the control of the James river into our hands , and protected the right flank of our army on the Peninsula . The Virginia was destroyed under the immediate orders of her commander , Commodore Tatnall , on the morning of the 11th ...
... passed the control of the James river into our hands , and protected the right flank of our army on the Peninsula . The Virginia was destroyed under the immediate orders of her commander , Commodore Tatnall , on the morning of the 11th ...
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... passed resolutions calling upon the Confederate authorities to defend it to the last extremity , and to make choice of its destruction rather than that of surrender to the enemy . This resolution was worthy of the noble State of Vir ...
... passed resolutions calling upon the Confederate authorities to defend it to the last extremity , and to make choice of its destruction rather than that of surrender to the enemy . This resolution was worthy of the noble State of Vir ...
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... passed the greater part of his army across the South river ( the smallest of the streams ) by means of a bridge made of planks laid on wagons placed in the river . Early in the morning a sufficient number had crossed to commence the ...
... passed the greater part of his army across the South river ( the smallest of the streams ) by means of a bridge made of planks laid on wagons placed in the river . Early in the morning a sufficient number had crossed to commence the ...
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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