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... miles from Fort Henry , he considered the distance too great to march and moved the troops and their transports six miles nearer , to a point just beyond gunshot from the fort . Grant was clearly right ; McClernand may have felt that he ...
... miles from Fort Henry , he considered the distance too great to march and moved the troops and their transports six miles nearer , to a point just beyond gunshot from the fort . Grant was clearly right ; McClernand may have felt that he ...
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... miles and the land - march by as much , giving to Grant precious hours which he knew how to use as no general since Napoleon . From Milliken's Bend he had marched , waded , cut his way , and sailed seventy miles in the face of harassing ...
... miles and the land - march by as much , giving to Grant precious hours which he knew how to use as no general since Napoleon . From Milliken's Bend he had marched , waded , cut his way , and sailed seventy miles in the face of harassing ...
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... miles distant from the Weldon railroad , and from it four miles more to the South Side railroad . After the troops were rested and restored to their proper June 22 , commands , Meade ordered Wright and Birney , temporarily commanding ...
... miles distant from the Weldon railroad , and from it four miles more to the South Side railroad . After the troops were rested and restored to their proper June 22 , commands , Meade ordered Wright and Birney , temporarily commanding ...
Contents
PETERSBURG | 181 |
THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN | 205 |
FROM CHATTANOOGA TO NASHVILLE and SavanNAH | 219 |
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