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... took too rosy a view of this action the reply is that it is the general who takes too pessimistic a view that generally loses . Battles are lost either by generals giving up hope or by the troops breaking away from their com- mand ...
... took too rosy a view of this action the reply is that it is the general who takes too pessimistic a view that generally loses . Battles are lost either by generals giving up hope or by the troops breaking away from their com- mand ...
Page 90
... took the extreme left ; while Hovey on the right marched forward from Clinton . McPherson followed Hovey on the Bolton - Edward's road , and Sherman , ordered to evacuate Jackson and march to the front , became the strategical reserve ...
... took the extreme left ; while Hovey on the right marched forward from Clinton . McPherson followed Hovey on the Bolton - Edward's road , and Sherman , ordered to evacuate Jackson and march to the front , became the strategical reserve ...
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... took the best sixty thousand men of the North permanently out of the war and , as a strange sequel , took another thirty thousand men to protect them . 1864 Sherman reached Savannah on December 9th , and the Dec. 9 , next day he ...
... took the best sixty thousand men of the North permanently out of the war and , as a strange sequel , took another thirty thousand men to protect them . 1864 Sherman reached Savannah on December 9th , and the Dec. 9 , next day he ...
Contents
PETERSBURG | 181 |
THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN | 205 |
FROM CHATTANOOGA TO NASHVILLE and SavanNAH | 219 |
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