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Page 149
... whole joined army , a third of which was a day's march distant . Burnside , not far away , was a strategic reserve available for any purpose . The stage was set for victory , but the generals of Seven Pines , Manassas , Fredericksburg ...
... whole joined army , a third of which was a day's march distant . Burnside , not far away , was a strategic reserve available for any purpose . The stage was set for victory , but the generals of Seven Pines , Manassas , Fredericksburg ...
Page 192
... whole afternoon . 8 All that day and the next he kept advising Lee of Grant's movements . But Lee , impressed by the persistency and violence of Grant's attacks during the last forty - two days , feared to weaken his front , and , as he ...
... whole afternoon . 8 All that day and the next he kept advising Lee of Grant's movements . But Lee , impressed by the persistency and violence of Grant's attacks during the last forty - two days , feared to weaken his front , and , as he ...
Page 207
... whole Sixth Corps under Wright , and finally the Nineteenth Corps arriving from New Orleans under Emory , but nothing was accomplished except the holding of Washington , which was not seriously menaced . Dana wrote to Grant : Nothing ...
... whole Sixth Corps under Wright , and finally the Nineteenth Corps arriving from New Orleans under Emory , but nothing was accomplished except the holding of Washington , which was not seriously menaced . Dana wrote to Grant : Nothing ...
Contents
PETERSBURG | 181 |
THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN | 205 |
FROM CHATTANOOGA TO NASHVILLE and SavanNAH | 219 |
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