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Page 142
... received from Stanton an order to send to Harpers Ferry some heavy guns , requested by tele- graph . In the evening it occurred to the new Secretary of War that the arsenal man was a Cameron appointee ; he went round to the building ...
... received from Stanton an order to send to Harpers Ferry some heavy guns , requested by tele- graph . In the evening it occurred to the new Secretary of War that the arsenal man was a Cameron appointee ; he went round to the building ...
Page 146
... received from telegrapher Eckert . When this sort of thing happened two or three more times , Stanton suspected leaks from McClellan's office to the press , and had one of his new assistant secretaries , Peter H. Watson , make an ...
... received from telegrapher Eckert . When this sort of thing happened two or three more times , Stanton suspected leaks from McClellan's office to the press , and had one of his new assistant secretaries , Peter H. Watson , make an ...
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... received , or that he had received any ; he did not send out a reconnaissance to discover whether the ground in his front were impassable or no . He simply did nothing ; and on the next day , the thirtieth , likewise did nothing ...
... received , or that he had received any ; he did not send out a reconnaissance to discover whether the ground in his front were impassable or no . He simply did nothing ; and on the next day , the thirtieth , likewise did nothing ...
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