The Struggle Of'72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign: Containing Biographical Sketches of All the Candidates for President and Vice-president; History and Platforms of the Great Political Parties; Facts about Public Men and Measures; Review of Grant's Administration; the Queer Record of Horace Greeley |
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Page 171
... Pemberton before the thor- ough investment of the place could be accomplished . CO - OPERATING MOVEMENTS . Simultaneously with Grant's movement by way of Bruinsburg , Sherman made his celebrated feint movement by way of Haines's Bluff ...
... Pemberton before the thor- ough investment of the place could be accomplished . CO - OPERATING MOVEMENTS . Simultaneously with Grant's movement by way of Bruinsburg , Sherman made his celebrated feint movement by way of Haines's Bluff ...
Page 172
... Pemberton held a strong position , hav- ing most of his forces well in hand . Sherman's corps was in the rear , having orders to destroy all rebel property , of a public character , lying in the line of march . McClernand had received ...
... Pemberton held a strong position , hav- ing most of his forces well in hand . Sherman's corps was in the rear , having orders to destroy all rebel property , of a public character , lying in the line of march . McClernand had received ...
Page 173
... Pemberton and his officers did all that men could to stay the tide of flight , but in vain . INVESTMENT OF THE REBEL STRONGHOLD . Sherman , having learned the result of the battles last fought , crossed his corps , on pontoons , at ...
... Pemberton and his officers did all that men could to stay the tide of flight , but in vain . INVESTMENT OF THE REBEL STRONGHOLD . Sherman , having learned the result of the battles last fought , crossed his corps , on pontoons , at ...
Page 175
... Pemberton with iron hail from behind them . Meanwhile , re - inforcements from the Ninth and Sixteenth corps , under Generals Washburn and Parke , arrived from Memphis and St. Louis . The investment now commenced in earnest , and Pemberton ...
... Pemberton with iron hail from behind them . Meanwhile , re - inforcements from the Ninth and Sixteenth corps , under Generals Washburn and Parke , arrived from Memphis and St. Louis . The investment now commenced in earnest , and Pemberton ...
Page 176
... PEMBERTON PARLEYS . This last success , in addition to the terrific bom- bardment constantly kept up from all sides by our army , caused consternation in Vicksburg . Provis- ions were giving out , and , in a word , Pemberton's position ...
... PEMBERTON PARLEYS . This last success , in addition to the terrific bom- bardment constantly kept up from all sides by our army , caused consternation in Vicksburg . Provis- ions were giving out , and , in a word , Pemberton's position ...
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