Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayLibrary of Alexandria, 1921 M01 1 - 424 pages |
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... Henry Hill and Matthews Hill. Three miles in front, across Bull Run, stood Centreville, the Federal camp and field base during the battle. Sunday, July 21, 1861, was a beautiful midsummer day. Both armies were stirring soon after dawn ...
... Henry Hill and Matthews Hill. Three miles in front, across Bull Run, stood Centreville, the Federal camp and field base during the battle. Sunday, July 21, 1861, was a beautiful midsummer day. Both armies were stirring soon after dawn ...
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... Hill and Henry Hill. Forming the new front at right angles to the old, so as to attack and defend the Confederate left on the Matthews and Henry Hills, caused much confusion on both sides; but more on the Federal, as the Confederates ...
... Hill and Henry Hill. Forming the new front at right angles to the old, so as to attack and defend the Confederate left on the Matthews and Henry Hills, caused much confusion on both sides; but more on the Federal, as the Confederates ...
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... Henry Hill, where his broken brigade was trying to rally, and, pointing toward the crest with his sword, shouted in a voice of thunder: "Rally behind the Virginians! Look! There's Jackson standing like a stone wall!" From that one cry ...
... Henry Hill, where his broken brigade was trying to rally, and, pointing toward the crest with his sword, shouted in a voice of thunder: "Rally behind the Virginians! Look! There's Jackson standing like a stone wall!" From that one cry ...
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... Henry Hill. But on its reverse slope lay Jackson's Shenandoahs, three thousand strong, and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced--apart, of course, from regulars. Jackson had ridden up and ...
... Henry Hill. But on its reverse slope lay Jackson's Shenandoahs, three thousand strong, and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced--apart, of course, from regulars. Jackson had ridden up and ...
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... Henry Hill. A dangerous slackening of military preparation was the unavoidable result. In the North, on the other hand, a good many people began to see the difference between armed mobs and armies; and the thorough Unionists, led by the ...
... Henry Hill. A dangerous slackening of military preparation was the unavoidable result. In the North, on the other hand, a good many people began to see the difference between armed mobs and armies; and the thorough Unionists, led by the ...
Contents
CHAPTER III THE NAVAL WAR 1862 | |
CHAPTER IV THE RIVER WAR 1862 | |
CHAPTER V LINCOLN WAR STATESMAN | |
CHAPTER VI LEE AND JACKSON 18623 | |
CHAPTER VII GRANT WINS THE RIVER WAR 1863 | |
CHAPTER VIII GETTYSBURG 1863 | |
CHAPTER IX FARRAGUT AND THE NAVY 18634 | |
CHAPTER X GRANT ATTACKS THE FRONT 1864 | |
CHAPTER XI SHERMAN DESTROYS THE BASE 1864 | |
CHAPTER XII THE END 1865 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | |
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