Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayYale University Press, 1921 - 424 pages |
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Page 46
... banks and running along the Confederate front like the ditch of a fortress . Three miles in rear stood Manassas Junction on a moderate plateau intersected by several creeks . The most important of these creeks , 46 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL ...
... banks and running along the Confederate front like the ditch of a fortress . Three miles in rear stood Manassas Junction on a moderate plateau intersected by several creeks . The most important of these creeks , 46 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL ...
Page 106
... these ships would be captured while waiting , because both banks were swarming with vastly outnumber- ing Confederate troops . Then , such a disaster would more than offset the triumph of New Orleans by 106 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... these ships would be captured while waiting , because both banks were swarming with vastly outnumber- ing Confederate troops . Then , such a disaster would more than offset the triumph of New Orleans by 106 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 113
... Banks arrived with reinforcements . He superseded General Butler and was under orders to coöperate with McClernand , Grant's second - in - command , who was to come down the Mississippi from Cairo . But the proposed meeting of the two ...
... Banks arrived with reinforcements . He superseded General Butler and was under orders to coöperate with McClernand , Grant's second - in - command , who was to come down the Mississippi from Cairo . But the proposed meeting of the two ...
Page 114
... Banks remained south of Port Hudson , McClernand far north of Vicksburg ; for , as we shall see in the next chapter , Sherman's attempt to take Vicksburg from the North failed on the twenty - ninth of December . The naval and river ...
... Banks remained south of Port Hudson , McClernand far north of Vicksburg ; for , as we shall see in the next chapter , Sherman's attempt to take Vicksburg from the North failed on the twenty - ninth of December . The naval and river ...
Page 127
... banks . Not a sound was heard ashore until , just after noon , Fort Henry came into view and answered the flagship's signal shot with a crashing discharge of all its big guns . Then the fire waxed hot and heavy on both sides , the ...
... banks . Not a sound was heard ashore until , just after noon , Fort Henry came into view and answered the flagship's signal shot with a crashing discharge of all its big guns . Then the fire waxed hot and heavy on both sides , the ...
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Page 282 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 281 - 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.
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Page 376 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
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Page 219 - 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 352 - If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war.
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