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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... position in defiance of the Federal authority , was " animated by one impulse , governed by one desire and one determination , and that was that she should be defended , and that no spot of her soil should be polluted by the foot of an ...
... position in defiance of the Federal authority , was " animated by one impulse , governed by one desire and one determination , and that was that she should be defended , and that no spot of her soil should be polluted by the foot of an ...
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... position . The writer recollects with what derision the rumour was received in certain quarters in Richmond ; how Mr. Daniel , the editor of the Examiner , hooted it , and made it part of his quarrel with John Letcher , who was supposed ...
... position . The writer recollects with what derision the rumour was received in certain quarters in Richmond ; how Mr. Daniel , the editor of the Examiner , hooted it , and made it part of his quarrel with John Letcher , who was supposed ...
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... position of Gen. Lee was not an important one , and was scarcely an honourable one . He was nothing more than a supernumerary in the hands of Mr. Davis . But the great man waits the proper call of events , and the occasion commensurate ...
... position of Gen. Lee was not an important one , and was scarcely an honourable one . He was nothing more than a supernumerary in the hands of Mr. Davis . But the great man waits the proper call of events , and the occasion commensurate ...
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... position . It was at once evident to McClellan that the position of his right wing was no longer tenable , and he therefore determined to concentrate his forces , and withdraw Porter's com- mand to a position near Gaines ' Mills , where ...
... position . It was at once evident to McClellan that the position of his right wing was no longer tenable , and he therefore determined to concentrate his forces , and withdraw Porter's com- mand to a position near Gaines ' Mills , where ...
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... position of the Confederates was maintained with but slight loss on both sides . Maj . - Gen . Kearney was left by the enemy dead on the field . During the night the enemy fell back to Fair- fax Court - house , and abandoned his position ...
... position of the Confederates was maintained with but slight loss on both sides . Maj . - Gen . Kearney was left by the enemy dead on the field . During the night the enemy fell back to Fair- fax Court - house , and abandoned his position ...
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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