Fighting Joe HookerButternut Press, 1987 - 366 pages |
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Page 84
... direction and to find out whether a suitable opportunity presented itself for carry- ing the works by assault.40 The General calmly sat his horse amid the steady fire of Confederate sharpshooters - a habit he was to carry on throughout ...
... direction and to find out whether a suitable opportunity presented itself for carry- ing the works by assault.40 The General calmly sat his horse amid the steady fire of Confederate sharpshooters - a habit he was to carry on throughout ...
Page 125
... direction . They had suffered heavily and nothing had been gained ; only Grover's charge was as distinguished a performance as the Hooker division could have been expected to give . As usual , a good part of the Federal Army had not ...
... direction . They had suffered heavily and nothing had been gained ; only Grover's charge was as distinguished a performance as the Hooker division could have been expected to give . As usual , a good part of the Federal Army had not ...
Page 127
... direction of the five brigades of infantry and one of cavalry which had accompanied him.38 It was not to Pope he reported , however , for George B. McClellan was again back in the saddle . In desperation Lincoln had given him command of ...
... direction of the five brigades of infantry and one of cavalry which had accompanied him.38 It was not to Pope he reported , however , for George B. McClellan was again back in the saddle . In desperation Lincoln had given him command of ...
Contents
THE EARLY TRAINING OF A FIGHTER | 17 |
FIGURE | 20 |
CIVIL INTERLUDE IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON | 36 |
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