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Page 76
Anybody can appreciate the prime advantage of interior lines by imagining two
armies of equal strength operating against each other under perfectly equal
conditions except that one has to move round the circumference of a circle while
the ...
Anybody can appreciate the prime advantage of interior lines by imagining two
armies of equal strength operating against each other under perfectly equal
conditions except that one has to move round the circumference of a circle while
the ...
Page 221
Even his staff and generals knew nothing of their destination . The first move was
so secret that the enemy never suspected anything till it was too late , while
friends thought there was to be another surprise in the Valley . The second move
led ...
Even his staff and generals knew nothing of their destination . The first move was
so secret that the enemy never suspected anything till it was too late , while
friends thought there was to be another surprise in the Valley . The second move
led ...
Page 260
The first important move was made when , in Grant ' s own words , “ the entire
Army of the Tennessee was transferred to the neighborhood of Vicksburg and
landed on the opposite or western bank of the river at Milliken ' s Bend .
The first important move was made when , in Grant ' s own words , “ the entire
Army of the Tennessee was transferred to the neighborhood of Vicksburg and
landed on the opposite or western bank of the river at Milliken ' s Bend .
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