The Twelve Decisive Battles of the War: A History of the Eastern and Western Campaigns, in Relation to the Actions that Decided Their IssueDick & Fitzgerald, 1867 - 520 pages |
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... gained the rear of the position at Stone Bridge , to dislodge the enemy , and throw himself on the railroad between Beauregard and John- ston ; for he had not learned of their junction . Miles's divis- . ion was to remain in reserve at ...
... gained the rear of the position at Stone Bridge , to dislodge the enemy , and throw himself on the railroad between Beauregard and John- ston ; for he had not learned of their junction . Miles's divis- . ion was to remain in reserve at ...
Page 41
... gained by an effort to rally at Centreville . Leaving , therefore , the greater part of three divisions to wander unorganized back to their works on the Virginia side of the Potomac , McDowell bent himself to the task of covering the ...
... gained by an effort to rally at Centreville . Leaving , therefore , the greater part of three divisions to wander unorganized back to their works on the Virginia side of the Potomac , McDowell bent himself to the task of covering the ...
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... gained more than a field : it won a campaign . Midsummer passed , autumn came and went , winter at last found the Union and Confederate troops in Virginia in their peaceful log - camps . The year 1861 slipped entirely away without ...
... gained more than a field : it won a campaign . Midsummer passed , autumn came and went , winter at last found the Union and Confederate troops in Virginia in their peaceful log - camps . The year 1861 slipped entirely away without ...
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... gained by a very small force over a very large one ; but not by undisciplined men , however brave and enthusiastic , over those who were well disciplined , except under peculiar circumstances of surprise or local advantages , such as ...
... gained by a very small force over a very large one ; but not by undisciplined men , however brave and enthusiastic , over those who were well disciplined , except under peculiar circumstances of surprise or local advantages , such as ...
Page 53
... gained . whole year ? and in less time than that States had been founded which flourished through ages ! Thus the result first in importance of the victory of Bull Run was to furnish the South with that element of visible success which ...
... gained . whole year ? and in less time than that States had been founded which flourished through ages ! Thus the result first in importance of the victory of Bull Run was to furnish the South with that element of visible success which ...
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advance artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries battle Beauregard Bragg bridge brigade Buell Bull Run campaign camps captured cavalry centre Chattanooga column command Confederacy Confederate army Corinth corps Creek crossed Culp's Hill Cumberland D. H. Hill defence division Donelson east enemy enemy's field fight fire Five Forks fleet Ford Fort Donelson Fort Henry forward front garrison Gettysburg Grant gun-boats guns Hampton Roads Harper's Ferry Hill Hood Hood's hundred infantry intrenched Jackson Johnston latter Lee's Longstreet manœuvre McClellan McClernand meanwhile Merrimac miles military Mississippi morning Mountain moved movement Murfreesboro Nashville night North numbers o'clock offensive officers operations passed Pemberton pike position Potomac railroad rear regiments repulse retreat Richmond Ridge river road Rosecrans Schofield Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman Shiloh side skirmish South success Tennessee Thomas thousand tion turnpike Union army Union force Union troops valley Vicksburg victory Virginia whole woods Yazoo
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Page 175 - From time to time I added or changed a line, touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked darker than ever. Finally, came the week of the battle of Antietam. I determined to wait no longer. The news came, I think, on Wednesday, that the advantage was on our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers...
Page 174 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
Page 422 - His preparations were immediately made, and when the place surrendered on the 4th, two days earlier than I had fixed for the attack, Sherman was found ready, and moved at once, with a force increased by the remainder of both the thirteenth and fifteenth army corps, and is at present investing Jackson, where Johnston has made a stand.
Page 174 - Things had gone on from bad to worse, until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics, or lose the game...
Page 295 - McClernand was caused, no doubt, by the enemy presenting a front of artillery and infantry, where it was impossible, from the nature of the ground and the density of the forest, to discover his numbers. As it was, the battle of Champion's Hill, or Baker's Creek, was fought mainly by Hovey's division of McClernand's corps, and Logan's and Quimby's divisions (the latter commanded by Brigadier-General MM Crocker) of McPherson's corps.
Page 345 - He spoke to all the wounded men that passed him ; and the slightly wounded he exhorted 'to bind up their hurts and take up a musket * in this emergency. Very few failed to answer his appeal ; and I saw many badly wounded men take off their hats and cheer him. " He said to me, ' This has been a sad day for us, Colonel — a sad day; but we can't expect always to gain victories.
Page 345 - ... to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance ; and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as...
Page 249 - ... and was informed by my marine officer, who was stationed on the poop, that at least fifty solid shot struck her on her slanting side without producing any apparent effect. By the time she had fired her third shell the little Monitor had come down upon her, placing herself between us, and compelled her to change her position, in doing which she grounded, and again I poured into her all the guns which could be brought to bear upon her. As soon as she got off she stood down the bay, the little battery...
Page 298 - Bluff is untenable, Vicksburg is of no value, and cannot be held. If, therefore, you are invested in Vicksburg, you must ultimately surrender. Under such circumstances, instead of losing both troops and place, we must, if possible, save the troops. If it is not too late, evacuate Vicksburg and its dependencies, and march to the north-east.
Page 414 - That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war...