Fighting Joe HookerButternut Press, 1987 - 366 pages |
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Page 99
... hold the line . He told Mc- Clellan : “ I can hold my position against one hundred thousand men . ' " 127 Nevertheless , the picket lines were too close for comfort . Skir- mishing went on continually and repeated forays were made . Two ...
... hold the line . He told Mc- Clellan : “ I can hold my position against one hundred thousand men . ' " 127 Nevertheless , the picket lines were too close for comfort . Skir- mishing went on continually and repeated forays were made . Two ...
Page 102
... hold the picket line . He met an officer of the 1st Massachusetts who had received a bullet through his mouth and could give no intelligible information . Then out of the forest came a captured Rebel lieutenant who jauntily saluted the ...
... hold the picket line . He met an officer of the 1st Massachusetts who had received a bullet through his mouth and could give no intelligible information . Then out of the forest came a captured Rebel lieutenant who jauntily saluted the ...
Page 160
... hold Fredericksburg as a " symbol of achieve- ment . " Hooker left the meeting to resume command of the town . During a conference with Couch it was agreed that 12,000 men of the Center Grand Division should be left to hold ...
... hold Fredericksburg as a " symbol of achieve- ment . " Hooker left the meeting to resume command of the town . During a conference with Couch it was agreed that 12,000 men of the Center Grand Division should be left to hold ...
Contents
THE EARLY TRAINING OF A FIGHTER | 17 |
FIGURE | 20 |
CIVIL INTERLUDE IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON | 36 |
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