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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... tion was just ; since the very occurrence of so many engage- ments showed that no one had been finally decisive . But in the more important sense , the comment was false ; and its error lay in forgetting that a battle inconclusive as to ...
... tion was just ; since the very occurrence of so many engage- ments showed that no one had been finally decisive . But in the more important sense , the comment was false ; and its error lay in forgetting that a battle inconclusive as to ...
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... tion curdled to maddening hatred in their veins . For it is a law of human nature , that the more tightly the bonds of concord have united men in society , the deeper is the hate when once they are parted . Accordingly , from the hour ...
... tion curdled to maddening hatred in their veins . For it is a law of human nature , that the more tightly the bonds of concord have united men in society , the deeper is the hate when once they are parted . Accordingly , from the hour ...
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... tion ; but its commanding strategic importance had caused it to be made a point of rendezvous for a land and naval force destined to operate in the valley of the Mississippi . The naval force , consisting of a fleet of gun - boats and ...
... tion ; but its commanding strategic importance had caused it to be made a point of rendezvous for a land and naval force destined to operate in the valley of the Mississippi . The naval force , consisting of a fleet of gun - boats and ...
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... tion to General Halleck , suggested the plan as early as the very beginning of January , 1862 ; and it is equally certain that soon afterwards General Grant , without knowledge of what Buell had advised Halleck , but acting on the ...
... tion to General Halleck , suggested the plan as early as the very beginning of January , 1862 ; and it is equally certain that soon afterwards General Grant , without knowledge of what Buell had advised Halleck , but acting on the ...
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... tion one ten - inch Columbiad , one rifled gun of 24 - pound calibre , two 42 - pounders , and eight 32 - pounders , all ar- ranged to fire through embrasures , formed by raising the parapet between the guns with sand bags carefully ...
... tion one ten - inch Columbiad , one rifled gun of 24 - pound calibre , two 42 - pounders , and eight 32 - pounders , all ar- ranged to fire through embrasures , formed by raising the parapet between the guns with sand bags carefully ...
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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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