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... victory more certain by your plan than mine ? 3d . Wherein is victory more valuable by your plan than mine ? 4th . In fact , would it not be less valuable in this , that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications , while ...
... victory more certain by your plan than mine ? 3d . Wherein is victory more valuable by your plan than mine ? 4th . In fact , would it not be less valuable in this , that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications , while ...
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... victory . " I hear such phrases with apprehension . They commenced in infidel France with the Italian campaign , and re- sulted in Waterloo . Who can organize victory ? We owe our re- cent victories to the spirit of the Lord , that ...
... victory . " I hear such phrases with apprehension . They commenced in infidel France with the Italian campaign , and re- sulted in Waterloo . Who can organize victory ? We owe our re- cent victories to the spirit of the Lord , that ...
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... victory at Fort Donelson as that of the Po- tomac by the defeat at Bull Run , " Halleck wired McClellan . " It is hard to censure a successful general immediately after a victory , but I think he richly deserves it . I can get no ...
... victory at Fort Donelson as that of the Po- tomac by the defeat at Bull Run , " Halleck wired McClellan . " It is hard to censure a successful general immediately after a victory , but I think he richly deserves it . I can get no ...
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