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Page 200
... Fredericksburg , leaving a small force near Manassas Junction to connect him with the garri- son of Washington . The Confederates could spare only twelve thousand men to watch him . Mean- while Banks occupied the Shenandoah Valley ...
... Fredericksburg , leaving a small force near Manassas Junction to connect him with the garri- son of Washington . The Confederates could spare only twelve thousand men to watch him . Mean- while Banks occupied the Shenandoah Valley ...
Page 213
... there ; for the Washington authorities ordered McDowell's force at Fredericksburg to the Valley just as it was coming into touch with McClellan . Mc- On the twenty - eighth Jackson might have taken LEE AND JACKSON : 1862-3 213.
... there ; for the Washington authorities ordered McDowell's force at Fredericksburg to the Valley just as it was coming into touch with McClellan . Mc- On the twenty - eighth Jackson might have taken LEE AND JACKSON : 1862-3 213.
Page 214
... routed 12,500 men , threatened an invasion of the North , drawn McDowell off from Fredericksburg , taken or destroyed all Federal stores at Front Royal , Winchester , and Martinsburg , and brought off 214 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... routed 12,500 men , threatened an invasion of the North , drawn McDowell off from Fredericksburg , taken or destroyed all Federal stores at Front Royal , Winchester , and Martinsburg , and brought off 214 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 249
... Fredericksburg he was hampered by avoidable delays . So when he reached Falmouth he found Lee had forestalled him on the opposing heights of Fredericksburg itself . The disastrous thirteenth of December was dull , calm , and misty . But ...
... Fredericksburg he was hampered by avoidable delays . So when he reached Falmouth he found Lee had forestalled him on the opposing heights of Fredericksburg itself . The disastrous thirteenth of December was dull , calm , and misty . But ...
Page 250
... Fredericksburg , that they were no more than sacrificial pawns in the grim game of war . After much useless slaugh- ter they reeled back beaten . But they could and did retire in safety , skillfully " staffed " by their leaders and ...
... Fredericksburg , that they were no more than sacrificial pawns in the grim game of war . After much useless slaugh- ter they reeled back beaten . But they could and did retire in safety , skillfully " staffed " by their leaders and ...
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