Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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... enemy camped near Manassas , he wrote his wife that he was sleeping with one eye open at night " looking out sharply for Beauregard , who , I think , has some notion of making a dash in this di- rection . " An illusion that the enemy ...
... enemy camped near Manassas , he wrote his wife that he was sleeping with one eye open at night " looking out sharply for Beauregard , who , I think , has some notion of making a dash in this di- rection . " An illusion that the enemy ...
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... enemy 50,000 . After six weeks he had arrived at Corinth when the enemy had slipped out and was 50 miles away again . He reported this to Washington as a victory . But Lincoln was through with gathering more troops for McClellan ...
... enemy 50,000 . After six weeks he had arrived at Corinth when the enemy had slipped out and was 50 miles away again . He reported this to Washington as a victory . But Lincoln was through with gathering more troops for McClellan ...
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... enemy . From day to day neither Meade nor Lee had been certain where the other was . Lee would rather have taken Harrisburg , its stores and supplies , and then battled Meade on the way to Philadelphia . Lee rode his horse along roads ...
... enemy . From day to day neither Meade nor Lee had been certain where the other was . Lee would rather have taken Harrisburg , its stores and supplies , and then battled Meade on the way to Philadelphia . Lee rode his horse along roads ...
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