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... carry out the Western campaign . Warren , Sedgwick , and Hancock were made the corps commanders of this army , and Burnside was given a separate army corps . Butler , at Fortress Monroe , was reinforced by the Tenth Corps from ...
... carry out the Western campaign . Warren , Sedgwick , and Hancock were made the corps commanders of this army , and Burnside was given a separate army corps . Butler , at Fortress Monroe , was reinforced by the Tenth Corps from ...
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... carried two lines of the defences of Drury's Bluff ; and that he held the keys to the back - door of Richmond . On Monday , the 16th of May , General Beauregard fell upon the insolent enemy in a fog , drove Butler from his advanced ...
... carried two lines of the defences of Drury's Bluff ; and that he held the keys to the back - door of Richmond . On Monday , the 16th of May , General Beauregard fell upon the insolent enemy in a fog , drove Butler from his advanced ...
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... of the passage of that river - a problem which , if solved in Grant's favor , would decide whether Rich- mond could be carried by a coup de main , if a decisive victory should attend his arms , or , whether he should.
... of the passage of that river - a problem which , if solved in Grant's favor , would decide whether Rich- mond could be carried by a coup de main , if a decisive victory should attend his arms , or , whether he should.
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... carried . The reverse was but momentary , for the troops of Milligan's brigade , and the Maryland battalion , soon dashed forward to retrieve the honors which the Yankees had snatched . This engagement was on the right ; Breckinridge's ...
... carried . The reverse was but momentary , for the troops of Milligan's brigade , and the Maryland battalion , soon dashed forward to retrieve the honors which the Yankees had snatched . This engagement was on the right ; Breckinridge's ...
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... carrying the town . It was thus that the action of the 18th was designed to be decisive of operations in the present position . Three different assaults were made by the enemy during the day at four in the morning , at noon , and at ...
... carrying the town . It was thus that the action of the 18th was designed to be decisive of operations in the present position . Three different assaults were made by the enemy during the day at four in the morning , at noon , and at ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War (Classic Reprint) Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2017 |
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