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Page 28
... Federal matter , however small . " This , " he said in conclusion , " means war . " And it did . Again a single week sufficed for the striking of the blow . The conference was held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon ...
... Federal matter , however small . " This , " he said in conclusion , " means war . " And it did . Again a single week sufficed for the striking of the blow . The conference was held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon ...
Page 29
... Federal , like eastern Tennessee . These Federal parts of two Confed- erate States formed a wedge dangerous to the whole South , especially to Virginia and the Carolinas . Each side therefore tried to control this area itself . The ...
... Federal , like eastern Tennessee . These Federal parts of two Confed- erate States formed a wedge dangerous to the whole South , especially to Virginia and the Carolinas . Each side therefore tried to control this area itself . The ...
Page 31
... Federal Secretary of War , both of whom were now Confederate briga- diers . They even sent Lee himself in general com- mand . But , confronted by superior forces in a difficult and thoroughly hostile country , they at last retired east ...
... Federal Secretary of War , both of whom were now Confederate briga- diers . They even sent Lee himself in general com- mand . But , confronted by superior forces in a difficult and thoroughly hostile country , they at last retired east ...
Page 35
... Federal forces under McClellan . Thus the general situation in July was that the whole of northeastern Virginia was faced by a semi- circle of superior forces which began at the Kana- wha River , ran northeast to Grafton , then north ...
... Federal forces under McClellan . Thus the general situation in July was that the whole of northeastern Virginia was faced by a semi- circle of superior forces which began at the Kana- wha River , ran northeast to Grafton , then north ...
Page 37
... Federal back door at Harper's Ferry as well as the Confederate side doors up the Shen- andoah : an impossible task , on exterior lines , with the kind of force he had . The civilian chiefs at Washington did not see that the best of all ...
... Federal back door at Harper's Ferry as well as the Confederate side doors up the Shen- andoah : an impossible task , on exterior lines , with the kind of force he had . The civilian chiefs at Washington did not see that the best of all ...
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