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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... artillery service . - Gen . Lee across the Potomac . - His orders at Cham- bersburg , Pa . - His errours with respect to the policy of " retaliation . " - His conversation with a mill - owner . - A letter from President Davis . - Gen ...
... artillery service . - Gen . Lee across the Potomac . - His orders at Cham- bersburg , Pa . - His errours with respect to the policy of " retaliation . " - His conversation with a mill - owner . - A letter from President Davis . - Gen ...
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... artillery . But this view is superficial and silly . The scholarly and cultivated historian has quite a different judgment from that of the writer in the shallow pages of a magazine . The universality of genius is illimitable , its ...
... artillery . But this view is superficial and silly . The scholarly and cultivated historian has quite a different judgment from that of the writer in the shallow pages of a magazine . The universality of genius is illimitable , its ...
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... artillery and cavalry . It offered to the movements of light - armed infantry only narrow and rough roads , winding along the edges of chasms , through rugged valleys , over mountain - tops , and across the beds of streams and rivers ...
... artillery and cavalry . It offered to the movements of light - armed infantry only narrow and rough roads , winding along the edges of chasms , through rugged valleys , over mountain - tops , and across the beds of streams and rivers ...
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... artillery , and about a thousand pris- oners ; and at Carrick's Ford , at the passage of the Cheat River , Gen. Garnett himself was killed , while attempting to rally the rear- guard of the retreat . After this disaster , it was ...
... artillery , and about a thousand pris- oners ; and at Carrick's Ford , at the passage of the Cheat River , Gen. Garnett himself was killed , while attempting to rally the rear- guard of the retreat . After this disaster , it was ...
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... artillery were at work . The evening sky reflected the conflagration at Mechanicsville ; and as the sun de- scended , the division of A. P. Hill , joined across the stream by those of Longstreet and D. H. Hill , swept down the north ...
... artillery were at work . The evening sky reflected the conflagration at Mechanicsville ; and as the sun de- scended , the division of A. P. Hill , joined across the stream by those of Longstreet and D. H. Hill , swept down the north ...
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A. P. Hill action advance arms Army of Northern Army of Tennessee artillery assault attack batteries battle Beauregard Bragg Breckinridge brigade brilliant campaign captured Carolina cavalry column command Confederacy Confederate army corps D. H. Hill defence desperate division Dorn duty enemy enemy's engaged Federal army field fight fire Fitzhugh Lee flank Floyd force fought front gallant guns Hardee Harper's Ferry Hill honour horse infantry J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed Lee's Lieutenant-General Longstreet Maj.-Gen Major-General Manassas mand McClellan McLaws ment miles military Mississippi Missouri moved movement never night North Northern Virginia numbers officers organized P. G. T. BEAUREGARD Polk position Potomac President Davis prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements remarkable retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sherman soldiers South South Carolina Southern Stuart success superiour surrender tion troops Valley Vicksburg victory Washington West Point wounded