Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2G. S. Lester, 1878 - United States |
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Page 49
... advance of the main body , for the purpose of preventing the left flank of the Nationals being turned . Steadily onward the main column marched along a ravine , when , on ascending a ridge , it confronted a large force of Confederate ...
... advance of the main body , for the purpose of preventing the left flank of the Nationals being turned . Steadily onward the main column marched along a ravine , when , on ascending a ridge , it confronted a large force of Confederate ...
Page 63
... advance , as I am sure that I can take Cape Girardeau without firing a gun , by marching these moonlight nights and taking them by surprise . Every one gives me the credit of at least 7,000 men , and I have them frightened nearly to ...
... advance , as I am sure that I can take Cape Girardeau without firing a gun , by marching these moonlight nights and taking them by surprise . Every one gives me the credit of at least 7,000 men , and I have them frightened nearly to ...
Page 74
... advance . " When General Fremont heard of this movement , he wrote a private letter to the President , dated the 8th of September , in which he set forth a plan for expelling the Confederates from Kentucky and Tennessee . * The ...
... advance . " When General Fremont heard of this movement , he wrote a private letter to the President , dated the 8th of September , in which he set forth a plan for expelling the Confederates from Kentucky and Tennessee . * The ...
Page 77
... in that State , " on the invitation of the people of Kentucky ; " that he returned to his native State with peaceful intentions , " at the head of a force , the advance of 78 THE SITUATION IN KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI . vous on.
... in that State , " on the invitation of the people of Kentucky ; " that he returned to his native State with peaceful intentions , " at the head of a force , the advance of 78 THE SITUATION IN KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI . vous on.
Page 78
... advance much from Greenville ; Pillow was kept in the neighborhood of New Madrid , without courage to move far toward Bird's Point and Cape Girar- deau ; and Jeff . Thompson , the guerrilla , contented himself with eccentric raids and ...
... advance much from Greenville ; Pillow was kept in the neighborhood of New Madrid , without courage to move far toward Bird's Point and Cape Girar- deau ; and Jeff . Thompson , the guerrilla , contented himself with eccentric raids and ...
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