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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... close of the war , CHAPTER XXXIV . 372 Important supplement to the story of Vicksburg . - President Davis ' part in the disaster . Radical difference of military views of the President and of Gen. Johnston . The disaster of Missionary ...
... close of the war , CHAPTER XXXIV . 372 Important supplement to the story of Vicksburg . - President Davis ' part in the disaster . Radical difference of military views of the President and of Gen. Johnston . The disaster of Missionary ...
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... close of the war . - The true glory of history .- " The posses- sion forever . " - The duties and hopes of the South . - Two distinct grounds of faith in the future . The people of the South to make their own history and Pantheon ...
... close of the war . - The true glory of history .- " The posses- sion forever . " - The duties and hopes of the South . - Two distinct grounds of faith in the future . The people of the South to make their own history and Pantheon ...
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... close of the Mexican War , Lee was appointed a member of the Board of Engineers , and remained as such until 1850. On the 1st September , 1852 , he was appointed to succeed Capt . Brew- erton as Superintendent of the Military Academy at ...
... close of the Mexican War , Lee was appointed a member of the Board of Engineers , and remained as such until 1850. On the 1st September , 1852 , he was appointed to succeed Capt . Brew- erton as Superintendent of the Military Academy at ...
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... close active operations , and to leave the cam- paign exactly where it started - the Federals holding the country west of the Alleghanies , the Confederates occupying the mountains and the Greenbrier Valley . Even this slight tenure was ...
... close active operations , and to leave the cam- paign exactly where it started - the Federals holding the country west of the Alleghanies , the Confederates occupying the mountains and the Greenbrier Valley . Even this slight tenure was ...
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... close of May he had advanced on the Chickahominy , and made an unopposed march to within a few miles of the Confederate capital . On the 30th May Johnston made dispositions for an attack on the left wing of the Federals , which had been ...
... close of May he had advanced on the Chickahominy , and made an unopposed march to within a few miles of the Confederate capital . On the 30th May Johnston made dispositions for an attack on the left wing of the Federals , which had been ...
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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