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... honors which the Yankees had snatched . This engagement was on the right ; Breckinridge's division , with Field's , constituting a part of Longstreet's corps . On the left , General Early engaged the enemy . On every part of the line ...
... honors which the Yankees had snatched . This engagement was on the right ; Breckinridge's division , with Field's , constituting a part of Longstreet's corps . On the left , General Early engaged the enemy . On every part of the line ...
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... honor , and war with dishonor ; peace with preservation of life , and war with its extended and murderous conflicts ; peace with national and individual solvency , and war with national and indi- vidual bankruptcy . From the World . The ...
... honor , and war with dishonor ; peace with preservation of life , and war with its extended and murderous conflicts ; peace with national and individual solvency , and war with national and indi- vidual bankruptcy . From the World . The ...
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... honor and self - respect of their countrymen had been lowered by devious and unworthy attempts at nego- tiation . Having once announced the terms of peace sufficiently , they judged they would do right , while awaiting the overtures of ...
... honor and self - respect of their countrymen had been lowered by devious and unworthy attempts at nego- tiation . Having once announced the terms of peace sufficiently , they judged they would do right , while awaiting the overtures of ...
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... honor of the army , and the blood of their country for a paltry price . He who follows his colors into the ranks of the enemy in pursuit of victory , disdaining the miserable passion for gathering booty , comes out of the battle with ...
... honor of the army , and the blood of their country for a paltry price . He who follows his colors into the ranks of the enemy in pursuit of victory , disdaining the miserable passion for gathering booty , comes out of the battle with ...
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... honor , and each regiment may inscribe on its colors at pleasure the words ' Savannah ' or ' Nashville . " " The fall of Savannah was the occasion , whether duly or not , of great despondency in the South . The single disaster was not ...
... honor , and each regiment may inscribe on its colors at pleasure the words ' Savannah ' or ' Nashville . " " The fall of Savannah was the occasion , whether duly or not , of great despondency in the South . The single disaster was not ...
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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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advance American ANDREW JOHNSON Appomattox arms Army of Northern artillery assault Atlanta attack authority batteries battle Boonsboro brigade Brigadier-General campaign captured cavalry Colonel columns command Confederacy Confederate Confederate Congress Congress constitution Convention corps crossed declared defence destroyed division Early enemy enemy's engaged eral Ewell's federacy Federal fight fire flank force Fort Fisher Fort Gregg Fortress Monroe front Georgia Government Grant guns Harper's Ferry Hill honor Hood Hood's hundred infantry intrenched Jackson James River Jefferson Johnston laws Lee's army Lincoln Longstreet loss Lynchburg Major-General Manassas ment miles military morning moved movement negro night North o'clock officers party peace persons Petersburg pieces of artillery political position President Davis prisoners proclamation railroad rear repulsed retreat Richmond River road Sharpsburg Sheridan Sherman side slavery slaves soldiers South Carolina surrender thousand tion troops Union United victory Washington wounded Yankee