Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayLibrary of Alexandria, 1921 M01 1 - 424 pages |
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... 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 the gradual change he wished to see effected from within. He was opposed to ...
... 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 the gradual change he wished to see effected from within. He was opposed to ...
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... defeated him utterly, and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left. Boonville was, in itself, a ... defeating him at Boonville and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had practically made the whole Missouri ...
... defeated him utterly, and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left. Boonville was, in itself, a ... defeating him at Boonville and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had practically made the whole Missouri ...
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... defeated by the main Confederate army at Bull Run, on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals. In April Lincoln had called for three-month volunteers. In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years. In ...
... defeated by the main Confederate army at Bull Run, on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals. In April Lincoln had called for three-month volunteers. In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years. In ...
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... defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South give in. McDowell had between two and three thousand regulars: viz., seven troops of cavalry, nine batteries of artillery, eight companies of infantry, and a little battalion of ...
... defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South give in. McDowell had between two and three thousand regulars: viz., seven troops of cavalry, nine batteries of artillery, eight companies of infantry, and a little battalion of ...
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... defeated. But the division again fumbled about to little purpose; and for the second time McDowell's admirable plan was spoilt. It was now past noon on that sweltering midsummer day; and there was a welcome lull for the rallying ...
... defeated. But the division again fumbled about to little purpose; and for the second time McDowell's admirable plan was spoilt. It was now past noon on that sweltering midsummer day; and there was a welcome lull for the rallying ...
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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