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... Johnston took command of the Virginians at Richmond . One day later again " Stonewall " Jackson took com- mand at Harper's Ferry . Johnston played a great and noble part throughout the war ; and we shall meet him again and again , down ...
... Johnston took command of the Virginians at Richmond . One day later again " Stonewall " Jackson took com- mand at Harper's Ferry . Johnston played a great and noble part throughout the war ; and we shall meet him again and again , down ...
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... cause ; and no one was readier to help all ranks along toward real efficiency in the kindest possible way when he saw they were doing their best . At the end of May Johnston took over the com- 24 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... cause ; and no one was readier to help all ranks along toward real efficiency in the kindest possible way when he saw they were doing their best . At the end of May Johnston took over the com- 24 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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William Wood. At the end of May Johnston took over the com- mand of the increasing force at Harper's Ferry , while Jackson was given the First Shenandoah Brigade , a unit soon , like himself , to be raised by service into fame . On the ...
William Wood. At the end of May Johnston took over the com- mand of the increasing force at Harper's Ferry , while Jackson was given the First Shenandoah Brigade , a unit soon , like himself , to be raised by service into fame . On the ...
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... Johnston , who had taken over that Con- federate command from " Stonewall " Jackson . Down the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay there was nothing to oppose the Union navy . General Ben- jamin Butler , threatening Richmond in flank , along the ...
... Johnston , who had taken over that Con- federate command from " Stonewall " Jackson . Down the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay there was nothing to oppose the Union navy . General Ben- jamin Butler , threatening Richmond in flank , along the ...
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... Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually making an invasion of the Shenandoah Valley with Patterson's superior force , while McDowell's superior force attacked or turned Beauregard's position at Bull Run . The ...
... Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually making an invasion of the Shenandoah Valley with Patterson's superior force , while McDowell's superior force attacked or turned Beauregard's position at Bull Run . The ...
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