Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayYale University Press, 1921 - 424 pages This volume tells the story of the Civil War, with a focus on the leading generals and political figures of the crisis. |
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... strategic point in north- ern Virginia . It was the gate to the Shenandoah Valley as well as the point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossed the Potomac some sixty miles northwest of Washington . Harper's Ferry was known by name ...
... strategic point in north- ern Virginia . It was the gate to the Shenandoah Valley as well as the point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossed the Potomac some sixty miles northwest of Washington . Harper's Ferry was known by name ...
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... strategic point of rail and river junction on the Mississippi by hold- ing St. Louis . He had also secured supremacy in arms , munitions , and morale . By turning the Governor out of Jefferson City , the State capital , he had deprived ...
... strategic point of rail and river junction on the Mississippi by hold- ing St. Louis . He had also secured supremacy in arms , munitions , and morale . By turning the Governor out of Jefferson City , the State capital , he had deprived ...
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... strategic area ; for Boonville was the center to which pro - Southern Missourians were flocking . The tide of battle was to go against the Federals at Wilson's Creek in the southwest of the State , and even at Lexington on the Missouri ...
... strategic area ; for Boonville was the center to which pro - Southern Missourians were flocking . The tide of battle was to go against the Federals at Wilson's Creek in the southwest of the State , and even at Lexington on the Missouri ...
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... strategic point . In May the Confederates cut the line near Graf- ton . As this broke direct communication between the West and Washington , McClellan sent forces from which two flying columns , three thousand strong , converged on ...
... strategic point . In May the Confederates cut the line near Graf- ton . As this broke direct communication between the West and Washington , McClellan sent forces from which two flying columns , three thousand strong , converged on ...
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... strategic defect of not being convenient for rapid concentration by land ; for most of the South- ern rails were laid with a view to getting surplus cotton and tobacco overseas . The strategic gap at Petersburg was due to a very ...
... strategic defect of not being convenient for rapid concentration by land ; for most of the South- ern rails were laid with a view to getting surplus cotton and tobacco overseas . The strategic gap at Petersburg was due to a very ...
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arms army attack Banks battalion batteries battle Beauregard began blockade Bragg brigade Buell Bull Run campaign cavalry Charleston Chattanooga civilian Colonel command Confederate corps Culp's Hill defeat defense enemy Farragut Federal fighting fire flank fleet flotilla Fortress Monroe forts fought Fredericksburg Frémont front garrison Government Grant gunboats guns Halleck hand Harper's Ferry Henry Hill Hill Hooker hundred infantry ironclad Jackson Johnston Kearsarge knew land Lee's Lincoln Longstreet McClellan McClernand McDowell Merrimac miles military Mississippi naval navy never North Northern numbers officers orders Orleans Pope Port Hudson Potomac raid rails rear reinforcements retreat Richmond river road round sea-power sent Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman ships shot side soldiers South Southern staff Stanton Stonewall Jackson stood strategic Stuart Sumter supplies surrender Tennessee thousand took troops turned Union armies Union forces Valley vessels Vicksburg victory Washington West Virginia whole
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Page 289 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 188 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.
Page 364 - Your suggestion about getting a furlough to take the stump was certainly made without reflection. An officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer for a seat in Congress ought to be scalped.
Page 176 - Must I shoot a simpleminded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?
Page 259 - Order AP Hill to prepare for action ! pass the infantry to the front rapidly ! tell Major Hawks " — then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished.
Page 227 - Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves.
Page 7 - And furthermore, as president of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent, the moment the State determines to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States.
Page 190 - Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
Page 186 - He brought out a map of Virginia on which he had evidently marked every position occupied by the Federal and Confederate armies up to that time. He pointed out on the map two streams ; which empty into the Potomac, and suggested that the army might be moved on boats and landed between the mouths of these streams. We would then have the Potomac to bring our supplies, and the tributaries would protect our flanks while we moved out. I listened respectfully, but did not suggest that the same streams...
Page 394 - The perspiration came out in large drops on his forehead, and he did not attempt to conceal his distress. He denounced the act as a disgrace to the age, and hoped I did not charge it to the Confederate Government. I told him I .could not believe that he or General Lee, or the officers of the Confederate army, could possibly be privy to acts of assassination ; but I would not say as much for Jeff. Davis, George Sanders, and men of that stripe.