Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayLibrary of Alexandria, 1921 M01 1 - 424 pages |
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... Union, so will I. But if she secedes (though I do not believe in secession as a constitutional right, nor that there ... forces that encircled Sumter. Sumter, still unfinished, had been designed for a garrison of six hundred and fifty ...
... Union, so will I. But if she secedes (though I do not believe in secession as a constitutional right, nor that there ... forces that encircled Sumter. Sumter, still unfinished, had been designed for a garrison of six hundred and fifty ...
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... Union forces on the anniversary of its surrender. It was often bombarded, though never taken, in the meantime. The fall of Sumter not only fired all Union loyalty but made Confederates eager for the fray. The very next day Lincoln ...
... Union forces on the anniversary of its surrender. It was often bombarded, though never taken, in the meantime. The fall of Sumter not only fired all Union loyalty but made Confederates eager for the fray. The very next day Lincoln ...
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William Charles Henry Wood. wires, the Union Government found itself enisled in a hostile sea. Its own forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk. The work of demolition at Harper's Ferry had to be ...
William Charles Henry Wood. wires, the Union Government found itself enisled in a hostile sea. Its own forces abandoned the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy Yard at Norfolk. The work of demolition at Harper's Ferry had to be ...
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... Union; and thirdly, his clear perception that war was now inevitable, and that defeat for the South would inevitably mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life, above all, a change imposed by force from outside, instead of ...
... Union; and thirdly, his clear perception that war was now inevitable, and that defeat for the South would inevitably mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life, above all, a change imposed by force from outside, instead of ...
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... Union forces; so much so that Sterling Price, a Unionist and former governor, became a Confederate general, whose field for recruiting round Jefferson City on the Missouri promised a good crop of enemies to the Union cause. Lyon and ...
... Union forces; so much so that Sterling Price, a Unionist and former governor, became a Confederate general, whose field for recruiting round Jefferson City on the Missouri promised a good crop of enemies to the Union cause. Lyon and ...
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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