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Page 12
... Johnston's forces . His proposition to the Richmond authorities . - Pragmatism of President Davis and his secretary . - Engagement in Resaca Valley . - General Johnston's designs . Why he retreated . - His disappointment of a battle at ...
... Johnston's forces . His proposition to the Richmond authorities . - Pragmatism of President Davis and his secretary . - Engagement in Resaca Valley . - General Johnston's designs . Why he retreated . - His disappointment of a battle at ...
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... Johnston , " could co - operate . All the strength you can quickly assemble should be brought . Time is all ... Johnston's orders , and falling back upon his own matured plan , or of obeying them , and taking the brilliant hazard of ...
... Johnston , " could co - operate . All the strength you can quickly assemble should be brought . Time is all ... Johnston's orders , and falling back upon his own matured plan , or of obeying them , and taking the brilliant hazard of ...
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... Johnston despaired of the ability or his army to save Vicksburg , he was busy with efforts to extri cate the garrison or to cut the enemy's communications , hop- ing , from day to day , there might possibly be some new de- velopment of ...
... Johnston despaired of the ability or his army to save Vicksburg , he was busy with efforts to extri cate the garrison or to cut the enemy's communications , hop- ing , from day to day , there might possibly be some new de- velopment of ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack bank batteries Beauregard Bragg bridge brigade camp campaign captured cavalry Charleston Chattanooga Chickahominy Colonel column command commenced Confederacy Confederate Congress corps crossed declared defence disaster division enemy enemy's engaged evacuation expedition fall back federacy Federal field fight fire flank force Fort Sumter Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Harper's Ferry Hill hundred infantry Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed and wounded Lee's Lincoln Longstreet loss Manassas McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning Morris Island Mountain moved movement negro night North Carolina Northern o'clock occupied officers opened party pieces of artillery political portion position Potomac President prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road Roanoke Island shot side slavery soldiers South Southern spirit success surrender Tennessee thousand tion troops Turner Ashby Union Valley Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington West whole Yankee