Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2T. Belknap, 1874 - United States |
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... victory , and satisfied that their so - called attorney - general ( Benjamin ) had predicted wisely , that pacification through recognition by France or England , or both , would occur " in ninety days , " and their independence be ...
... victory , and satisfied that their so - called attorney - general ( Benjamin ) had predicted wisely , that pacification through recognition by France or England , or both , would occur " in ninety days , " and their independence be ...
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... victory at Bull's Run , and hoped to accomplish , by negotiation and compromise , what they could not expect to win by arms . 1 Statement of General Thomas Jordan , then chief of Beauregard's staff , in Harper's Magazine , xxxi . 610 ...
... victory at Bull's Run , and hoped to accomplish , by negotiation and compromise , what they could not expect to win by arms . 1 Statement of General Thomas Jordan , then chief of Beauregard's staff , in Harper's Magazine , xxxi . 610 ...
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... victory in favor of the Confederates with very little more fighting , were now suddenly scattered in confusion . The check immediately became a rout , and every man in the saddle sought the shelter of the woods or intervening ridges ...
... victory in favor of the Confederates with very little more fighting , were now suddenly scattered in confusion . The check immediately became a rout , and every man in the saddle sought the shelter of the woods or intervening ridges ...
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... victory over the enemy . " General Price spoke of it as a brilliant victory , " " achieved upon a hard - fought field , " and said the Confederates had “ scattered far and wide the well - appointed army which the usurper at Washington ...
... victory over the enemy . " General Price spoke of it as a brilliant victory , " " achieved upon a hard - fought field , " and said the Confederates had “ scattered far and wide the well - appointed army which the usurper at Washington ...
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... victory to gain possession of Bird's Point and Cairo , was tardy in his obedience , and the result was , that he kept his head- quarters at New Madrid until early in September , as we shall hereafter observe.3 on the shore . C , raft ...
... victory to gain possession of Bird's Point and Cairo , was tardy in his obedience , and the result was , that he kept his head- quarters at New Madrid until early in September , as we shall hereafter observe.3 on the shore . C , raft ...
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arms army arrived artillery attack Banks battery battle Beauregard brigade British Buell camp cannon Captain capture cavalry Colonel command composed Confede Confederates conspirators Corinth Creek Cumberland Cumberland River defense dispatch division Donelson enemy expedition Ferry fight fire flag flank fled fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Jackson forward Fremont front Government Grant gun-boats Halleck head-quarters heavy guns Heintzelman hundred infantry insurgents intrenchments Island Number Jackson John Johnston Kentucky killed land large number latter Leesburg Lieutenant Manassas McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement Nashville National troops Navy night North Carolina o'clock officers Ohio Orleans Pope position Potomac prisoners railway re-enforcements rear regiment Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shore shot Sigel soldiers soon steamer surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand Union vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded