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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... miles the horse , completely exhausted and covered with foam , stopped at the stable of a hotel where its owner was accustomed to put up , the child still on its back . The horse was re- cognized , and though the child's statement that ...
... miles the horse , completely exhausted and covered with foam , stopped at the stable of a hotel where its owner was accustomed to put up , the child still on its back . The horse was re- cognized , and though the child's statement that ...
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... miles below - was assailed by two columns of the enemy . Both parts were compelled to retreat across the Alleghanies , with the loss of their baggage and artillery , and about a thousand pris- oners ; and at Carrick's Ford , at the ...
... miles below - was assailed by two columns of the enemy . Both parts were compelled to retreat across the Alleghanies , with the loss of their baggage and artillery , and about a thousand pris- oners ; and at Carrick's Ford , at the ...
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... miles west of Staunton , and penetrating the northwest , through the counties of Bath and Pocahontas , at the Valley Mountain , he found that a season of unusual rains robbed him even of this success . Gen. Rosecrans was at this time ...
... miles west of Staunton , and penetrating the northwest , through the counties of Bath and Pocahontas , at the Valley Mountain , he found that a season of unusual rains robbed him even of this success . Gen. Rosecrans was at this time ...
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... 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 thrown forward to a point within six miles of Richmond , and fought the brilliant battle of ...
... 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 thrown forward to a point within six miles of Richmond , and fought the brilliant battle of ...
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... miles of her limits , the strict effective of which was 115,000 men ; whilst converging on the apparently devoted city from the west and north marched the three distinct armies of Fremont , Banks and McDowell , making an aggregate of ...
... miles of her limits , the strict effective of which was 115,000 men ; whilst converging on the apparently devoted city from the west and north marched the three distinct armies of Fremont , Banks and McDowell , making an aggregate of ...
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