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Page 118
... Frémont was taking command of all the Union forces in the " Western Department , " which included Illinois and everything between the Mississippi and the Rockies . Frémont's command , however , was short and full of trouble . Round his ...
... Frémont was taking command of all the Union forces in the " Western Department , " which included Illinois and everything between the Mississippi and the Rockies . Frémont's command , however , was short and full of trouble . Round his ...
Page 119
... Frémont's command was brought on by Lyon , who attacked Ben McCulloch at Wilson's Creek , in southwest Missouri , on the tenth of August . Though McCulloch had ten thousand , against not much over five , Lyon was so set on driving the ...
... Frémont's command was brought on by Lyon , who attacked Ben McCulloch at Wilson's Creek , in southwest Missouri , on the tenth of August . Though McCulloch had ten thousand , against not much over five , Lyon was so set on driving the ...
Page 120
... Frémont had sixty thousand for about the same distance , he ( Sherman ) had been given only eighteen thousand to guard the link between them , although this link stretched out three hundred miles . Sherman then asked for sixty thousand ...
... Frémont had sixty thousand for about the same distance , he ( Sherman ) had been given only eighteen thousand to guard the link between them , although this link stretched out three hundred miles . Sherman then asked for sixty thousand ...
Page 172
... Frémont's dismissal in November , '61 , caused great dissatisfaction among three kinds of people : those who thought him a great general because he knew how to pose as one and really had some streaks of great ability , those who were ...
... Frémont's dismissal in November , '61 , caused great dissatisfaction among three kinds of people : those who thought him a great general because he knew how to pose as one and really had some streaks of great ability , those who were ...
Page 199
... Frémont could close in and finish him . Lincoln had already been thinking of transferring nine thousand men from McClellan to Frémont . Kernstown decided it ; so off they went to West Virginia . Still fearing an attack on Wash- ington ...
... Frémont could close in and finish him . Lincoln had already been thinking of transferring nine thousand men from McClellan to Frémont . Kernstown decided it ; so off they went to West Virginia . Still fearing an attack on Wash- ington ...
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