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Page 110
... Port Hudson and Vicksburg as strong as they could . Vicksburg was now the only point they held on the Mississippi where there were rails on both sides ; and the Red River , flowing in from the West between Vicksburg and Port Hudson ...
... Port Hudson and Vicksburg as strong as they could . Vicksburg was now the only point they held on the Mississippi where there were rails on both sides ; and the Red River , flowing in from the West between Vicksburg and Port Hudson ...
Page 114
... Port Hudson , McClernand far north of Vicksburg ; for , as we shall see in the next chapter , Sherman's attempt to take Vicksburg from the North failed on the twenty - ninth of December . The naval and river campaigns of '62 thus ended ...
... Port Hudson , McClernand far north of Vicksburg ; for , as we shall see in the next chapter , Sherman's attempt to take Vicksburg from the North failed on the twenty - ninth of December . The naval and river campaigns of '62 thus ended ...
Page 117
... Port Hudson . One more year was required to win the Mississippi ; two more to invade the lower South ; three to conquer Virginia . Just after the fall of Fort Sumter the Union Government had the foresight to warn James B. Eads , the ...
... Port Hudson . One more year was required to win the Mississippi ; two more to invade the lower South ; three to conquer Virginia . Just after the fall of Fort Sumter the Union Government had the foresight to warn James B. Eads , the ...
Page 123
... Port Hudson . In this they were wiser than the Federal Government with Halleck's command , which was neither so extensive nor so completely unified . Johnston took post in his own front line at Bowling THE RIVER WAR : 1862 123.
... Port Hudson . In this they were wiser than the Federal Government with Halleck's command , which was neither so extensive nor so completely unified . Johnston took post in his own front line at Bowling THE RIVER WAR : 1862 123.
Page 156
... Port Hudson remained in Confederate hands till next year ; while Mobile remained so till the year after that . Beauregard collected all the troops he could at Corinth . Yet , even with Van Dorn's and other 156 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... Port Hudson remained in Confederate hands till next year ; while Mobile remained so till the year after that . Beauregard collected all the troops he could at Corinth . Yet , even with Van Dorn's and other 156 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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