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... telegram from General McClel- lan : a bridge had been " splendidly thrown " across the Potomac at Harpers Ferry ; 8,500 infantry , 2 squadrons of cavalry , and 18 guns were on the Virginia side , " ready to resist an attack . " It may ...
... telegram from General McClel- lan : a bridge had been " splendidly thrown " across the Potomac at Harpers Ferry ; 8,500 infantry , 2 squadrons of cavalry , and 18 guns were on the Virginia side , " ready to resist an attack . " It may ...
Page 293
... telegram of disapproval : " I think that Lee's army , and not Richmond , is your sure objective point . " Sunday , June 14 , was one of the bad days . It started with word from Pleasanton that Negroes had seen Ewell with one of the ...
... telegram of disapproval : " I think that Lee's army , and not Richmond , is your sure objective point . " Sunday , June 14 , was one of the bad days . It started with word from Pleasanton that Negroes had seen Ewell with one of the ...
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... telegram notifying Thomas he had been removed . He might have spared the trouble ; that night at eleven a telegram came in that sent Eckert bounding down the stairs of the Department and out to Stanton's home . When he rang the bell ...
... telegram notifying Thomas he had been removed . He might have spared the trouble ; that night at eleven a telegram came in that sent Eckert bounding down the stairs of the Department and out to Stanton's home . When he rang the bell ...
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