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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... thousand men were already , in the early days of May , 1861 , under arms in Virginia ; and to organize these , and to distribute them so as to enable the immediate concentration of troops upon the borders of the State , wherever the ...
... thousand men were already , in the early days of May , 1861 , under arms in Virginia ; and to organize these , and to distribute them so as to enable the immediate concentration of troops upon the borders of the State , wherever the ...
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... and conjectural returns from some of the counties , which probably reduced the majority to little less than a hundred thousand votes . 1 CHAPTER IV . Gen. Lee sent to Northwestern Virginia . GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE . 57.
... and conjectural returns from some of the counties , which probably reduced the majority to little less than a hundred thousand votes . 1 CHAPTER IV . Gen. Lee sent to Northwestern Virginia . GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE . 57.
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... thousand men were directed upon Northwestern Virginia , under command of Gen. Garnett , who had belonged to the Federal service . On the 11th July , this little army , threatened by fourfold numbers and resources , and while imprudently ...
... thousand men were directed upon Northwestern Virginia , under command of Gen. Garnett , who had belonged to the Federal service . On the 11th July , this little army , threatened by fourfold numbers and resources , and while imprudently ...
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... thousand men . It remained , however , for Gen. Lee to fill up the general outline of action his predecessor had traced ; he had to make his own immediate plan of battle against the extended front of the enemy ; and this he did , as we ...
... thousand men . It remained , however , for Gen. Lee to fill up the general outline of action his predecessor had traced ; he had to make his own immediate plan of battle against the extended front of the enemy ; and this he did , as we ...
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... thousand Confederates on this side of the Chickahominy - the troops of Magruder and Huger - held in check sixty thousand Federal troops ; while Lee shattered the enemy's right wing , and inflicted upon him such disaster as to put him on ...
... thousand Confederates on this side of the Chickahominy - the troops of Magruder and Huger - held in check sixty thousand Federal troops ; while Lee shattered the enemy's right wing , and inflicted upon him such disaster as to put him on ...
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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