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Page 173
... corps nor corps commanders until he had seen his men in the field . ) Now , as he reached the office in Jackson Square , General McClellan discovered an order , signed by the President , di- viding the army into four corps of three ...
... corps nor corps commanders until he had seen his men in the field . ) Now , as he reached the office in Jackson Square , General McClellan discovered an order , signed by the President , di- viding the army into four corps of three ...
Page 191
... corps . I am not willing to be held responsible for the present arrangement , experience having proved it very bad , and it nearly resulted in a disastrous defeat . I wish either to return to organization by divi- sions or else to be ...
... corps . I am not willing to be held responsible for the present arrangement , experience having proved it very bad , and it nearly resulted in a disastrous defeat . I wish either to return to organization by divi- sions or else to be ...
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... corps he commanded at Fredericksburg stood idle while the other took the heaviest casualties of any corps in the battle . They could not turn up any precise misconduct , or any especially good conduct either , and , feeling that the ...
... corps he commanded at Fredericksburg stood idle while the other took the heaviest casualties of any corps in the battle . They could not turn up any precise misconduct , or any especially good conduct either , and , feeling that the ...
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