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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... direction . — His adven- ture with an Indiana Colonel . - Interesting incident in the battle of Mur- freesboro . - Gen . Polk's conduct at Chickamauga . - Censured by Gen. Bragg . - Transferred to command in the Southwest . - He ...
... direction . — His adven- ture with an Indiana Colonel . - Interesting incident in the battle of Mur- freesboro . - Gen . Polk's conduct at Chickamauga . - Censured by Gen. Bragg . - Transferred to command in the Southwest . - He ...
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... direction or other . The man who is by genius a great General would also have been , had such directions been given to his life , a great poet , or a great mathematician , or a great politician - an ornament of the State , or a light of ...
... direction or other . The man who is by genius a great General would also have been , had such directions been given to his life , a great poet , or a great mathematician , or a great politician - an ornament of the State , or a light of ...
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... direction , well- rounded and Washington - like ; an intellect of great power , but with few gifts of learning ; a circle of virtues ; the store of a well- regulated life , to which there was one unfailing golden key - A SENSE OF DUTY ...
... direction , well- rounded and Washington - like ; an intellect of great power , but with few gifts of learning ; a circle of virtues ; the store of a well- regulated life , to which there was one unfailing golden key - A SENSE OF DUTY ...
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... direction of the President of the Con- federate States . Confederate troops from South Carolina and the States of the Gulf were now being rapidly thrown forward into Vir- ginia . On the 10th May , the Confederate Secretary of War ...
... direction of the President of the Con- federate States . Confederate troops from South Carolina and the States of the Gulf were now being rapidly thrown forward into Vir- ginia . On the 10th May , the Confederate Secretary of War ...
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... direction until he involved himself in the arduous mountain roads , to tempt him to lengthen his own lines of communication , and to have awaited his attacks on the nearer side of the wilderness , where the Confederates might have ...
... direction until he involved himself in the arduous mountain roads , to tempt him to lengthen his own lines of communication , and to have awaited his attacks on the nearer side of the wilderness , where the Confederates might have ...
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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