The Early Life, Campaigns, and Public Services of Robert E. Lee: With a Record of the Campaigns and Heroic Deeds of His Companions in Arms |
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... arrival of part of the Army of the Shenandoah . - Popular misrepresentations of the battle of Manassas . - The real plans of action on each side . — How Gen. Johnston over- lapped the flanking movement of the enemy . - His orders to Gen ...
... arrival of part of the Army of the Shenandoah . - Popular misrepresentations of the battle of Manassas . - The real plans of action on each side . — How Gen. Johnston over- lapped the flanking movement of the enemy . - His orders to Gen ...
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... arrived at the Ferry in the night of the 17th . The news was too late in reaching Richmond to enable the Gover- nor of the State , Henry A. Wise , to reach the ground with State forces ; but a large number of militiamen and volunteers ...
... arrived at the Ferry in the night of the 17th . The news was too late in reaching Richmond to enable the Gover- nor of the State , Henry A. Wise , to reach the ground with State forces ; but a large number of militiamen and volunteers ...
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... arrival in Richmond , the State Convention , still assembled there , voted Lee the appointment of Major - General , in command of all the military forces in Virginia . There had been great anxiety and speculation as to what would be his ...
... arrival in Richmond , the State Convention , still assembled there , voted Lee the appointment of Major - General , in command of all the military forces in Virginia . There had been great anxiety and speculation as to what would be his ...
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... arriving on the trains from the South . It was not a brilliant service , but one of peculiar vexation and diffi- culty . It required all his experience and skill to establish dis- cipline and order ; to subdue the excessive spirits of ...
... arriving on the trains from the South . It was not a brilliant service , but one of peculiar vexation and diffi- culty . It required all his experience and skill to establish dis- cipline and order ; to subdue the excessive spirits of ...
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... arrived . Meanwhile , A. P. Hill had attacked alone , and had gained no advantage , but was losing ground , when Longstreet advanced to relieve him . Terrible was the loss of the attacking force as they marched over the open ground ...
... arrived . Meanwhile , A. P. Hill had attacked alone , and had gained no advantage , but was losing ground , when Longstreet advanced to relieve him . Terrible was the loss of the attacking force as they marched over the open ground ...
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