Lee and His Lieutenants: Comprising the Early Life, Public Services, and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee and His Companions in Arms, with a Record of Their Campaigns and Heroic Deeds ...E. B. Treat & Company, 1867 - 851 pages |
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... turned his prisoners over to the United States Dis- trict - Attorney ( Mr. Robert Ould ) , and quietly returned to Washing- ton to resume his cavalry command . The blood shed at Harper's Ferry was the first drops of the crimson deluge ...
... turned his prisoners over to the United States Dis- trict - Attorney ( Mr. Robert Ould ) , and quietly returned to Washing- ton to resume his cavalry command . The blood shed at Harper's Ferry was the first drops of the crimson deluge ...
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... turned against their mother , and would permit her to be ignomin- iously oppressed and degraded . But I cannot , will not believe that a majority of you are not true sons , who will not give your blood and your treasure for Virginia's ...
... turned against their mother , and would permit her to be ignomin- iously oppressed and degraded . But I cannot , will not believe that a majority of you are not true sons , who will not give your blood and your treasure for Virginia's ...
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... turned the position . It was at once evident to McClellan that the position of his right wing was no longer tenable , and he therefore determined to concentrate his forces , and withdraw Porter's com- mand to a position near Gaines ...
... turned the position . It was at once evident to McClellan that the position of his right wing was no longer tenable , and he therefore determined to concentrate his forces , and withdraw Porter's com- mand to a position near Gaines ...
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... turning to the courier , remarked : " Young man , if you are not well mounted , my Inspector - General will see that you are . " The order was swiftly conveyed , and by night Jackson had taken up his hard and peril- ous march in the ...
... turning to the courier , remarked : " Young man , if you are not well mounted , my Inspector - General will see that you are . " The order was swiftly conveyed , and by night Jackson had taken up his hard and peril- ous march in the ...
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... turned away from the left . He sees clearly enough that Burnside is pressed - needs no messenger to tell him that . His face grows darker with anxious thought . Looking down into the valley where 15,000 troops are lying , he turns a ...
... turned away from the left . He sees clearly enough that Burnside is pressed - needs no messenger to tell him that . His face grows darker with anxious thought . Looking down into the valley where 15,000 troops are lying , he turns a ...
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A. P. Hill action advance arms Army of Northern Army of Tennessee artillery assault attack batteries battle Beauregard Bragg Breckinridge brigade brilliant campaign captured Carolina cavalry column command Confederacy Confederate army corps D. H. Hill defence desperate division Dorn duty enemy enemy's engaged federacy Federal army field fight fire Fitzhugh Lee flank force fought front gallant Grant guns Hardee Hill honour horse infantry J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed Lee's Lieutenant-General Longstreet Maj.-Gen Major-General Manassas mand McClellan McLaws ment miles military Mississippi Missouri moved movement never night North Northern Virginia numbers officers organized P. G. T. BEAUREGARD Polk position Potomac President Davis prisoners rear regiment reinforcements remarkable retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sherman Smith soldiers South South Carolina Southern Stuart success superiour surrender tion troops Valley Vicksburg victory Washington West Point wounded
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Page 161 - You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed ; and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection. With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful 'remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell. RE LEE, General.
Page 158 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. \ This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 209 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
Page 397 - I am directed by the Secretary of War to inform you that, as you have failed to arrest the advance of the enemy to the vicinity of Atlanta, far in the interior of Georgia, and express no confidence that you can defeat or repel him, you are hereby relieved from the command of the Army and Department of Tennessee, -which you will immediately turn over to General Hood.
Page 80 - Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded — the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have been lost. Lee's army might then have marched as it pleased on Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country ; extorted tribute from wealthy and populous cities ; and nowhere east of the Alleghanies was there another organized force able to arrest its march.
Page 587 - Restless it rolls, now fixed, and now anon Flashing afar, — and at his iron feet Destruction cowers, to mark what deeds are done ; For on this morn three potent Nations meet, To shed before his Shrine the blood he deems most sweet.
Page 78 - Burnside this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send him Miller's battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back. " Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then the bridge, to the last man ! — always the bridge ! If the bridge is lost, all is lost.
Page 52 - ... that standing armies in time of peace should be avoided as dangerous to liberty ; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
Page 669 - He exhibited the weakness of supposing that an army that had been beaten and fearfully decimated in a vain attempt at the defensive could successfully undertake the offensive against the army that had so often defeated it.
Page 154 - I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia : but, as far as your proposal may affect the Confederate States...