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... river and the Cumberland river both flow into the Ohio at or near the town . These large rivers rise far southward in Tennessee and Alabama . It was plain to the Confederate military authorities that Union gunboats , with an army ...
... river and the Cumberland river both flow into the Ohio at or near the town . These large rivers rise far southward in Tennessee and Alabama . It was plain to the Confederate military authorities that Union gunboats , with an army ...
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... rivers , running northward and parallel to each other , are only twelve miles apart . On the Tennessee river at this spot the enemy has Fort Henry — and due east , twelve miles away - where you see the town of Dover on the Cumberland river ...
... rivers , running northward and parallel to each other , are only twelve miles apart . On the Tennessee river at this spot the enemy has Fort Henry — and due east , twelve miles away - where you see the town of Dover on the Cumberland river ...
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... river , and it was certain that , with the laying of a few bridges , and the repair of muddy roads , it could be marched to some point on the river below Vicksburg . But what then ? It would still be on the west bank , with nearly a ...
... river , and it was certain that , with the laying of a few bridges , and the repair of muddy roads , it could be marched to some point on the river below Vicksburg . But what then ? It would still be on the west bank , with nearly a ...
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CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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