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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 He superseded General Butler and was under orders to coöperate with McClernand , Grant's second - in - command , who was to come down the Mississippi from Cairo .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 He superseded General Butler and was under orders to coöperate with McClernand , Grant's second - in - command , who was to come down the Mississippi from Cairo .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
William Wood. the proposed meeting of the two armies never took place . 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 ...
William Wood. the proposed meeting of the two armies never took place . 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 ...
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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