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Page 112
... fighting men . We will be obliged to make a flank march along the side and base of the mountain . I shall have ... fighting under Grant were dif- ferent men from Howard fighting under Hooker . The evolutions , conceived by a staff ...
... fighting men . We will be obliged to make a flank march along the side and base of the mountain . I shall have ... fighting under Grant were dif- ferent men from Howard fighting under Hooker . The evolutions , conceived by a staff ...
Page 149
... fighting that followed , the soundness of Grant's directions and the glory of field - offices made up for the de- ficiencies in the generals . Colonel Hammond , fighting in re- treat along the Plank road , delayed Hill's corps until ...
... fighting that followed , the soundness of Grant's directions and the glory of field - offices made up for the de- ficiencies in the generals . Colonel Hammond , fighting in re- treat along the Plank road , delayed Hill's corps until ...
Page 154
... fighting , " killing , " had to be done to accomplish this end , and also to pay the penalty of former failures . In the " wilderness " there was no room for grand strategy , or even minor tactics ; but the fighting was desperate , the ...
... fighting , " killing , " had to be done to accomplish this end , and also to pay the penalty of former failures . In the " wilderness " there was no room for grand strategy , or even minor tactics ; but the fighting was desperate , the ...
Contents
PETERSBURG | 181 |
THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN | 205 |
FROM CHATTANOOGA TO NASHVILLE and SavanNAH | 219 |
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