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... side of the James . - OPERATIONS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA . - Shocking improvidence of the Richmond authorities . - Hunter cap- tures Staunton . - Death of General Jones . - Grant's new combination . - Hunter's part . Sheridan's part . - THE ...
... side of the James . - OPERATIONS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA . - Shocking improvidence of the Richmond authorities . - Hunter cap- tures Staunton . - Death of General Jones . - Grant's new combination . - Hunter's part . Sheridan's part . - THE ...
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... ; while on the enemy's side all the work he had cut out for the winter had come to grief , and every one of his elaborate enterprises in that season had failed , with a concurrence of disaster most remarkable in the history.
... ; while on the enemy's side all the work he had cut out for the winter had come to grief , and every one of his elaborate enterprises in that season had failed , with a concurrence of disaster most remarkable in the history.
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... side . Forrest , by long and rapid marches , had spread terror along the banks of the Mississippi , and cut a swath across the State of Kentucky ; and on the eastern fron- tier the expeditions of Pickett and of Hoke had been brilliant ...
... side . Forrest , by long and rapid marches , had spread terror along the banks of the Mississippi , and cut a swath across the State of Kentucky ; and on the eastern fron- tier the expeditions of Pickett and of Hoke had been brilliant ...
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... side , had raised the hopes of the North merely to dash them by a failure decisive in its character , and ridiculous in all its circumstances . On the 5th of May , Butler proceeded with his fleet of gunboats and transports , and the ...
... side , had raised the hopes of the North merely to dash them by a failure decisive in its character , and ridiculous in all its circumstances . On the 5th of May , Butler proceeded with his fleet of gunboats and transports , and the ...
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... side of the Big Sandy towards Abingdon on the same railroad . The invasion thus planned for Western Virginia compre- hended a heavy aggregate of forces . There were the six thou- sand of Crook , which came from the Lower Kanawha . These ...
... side of the Big Sandy towards Abingdon on the same railroad . The invasion thus planned for Western Virginia compre- hended a heavy aggregate of forces . There were the six thou- sand of Crook , which came from the Lower Kanawha . These ...
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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