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... already been summoned to surrender by Colonel Chase and Captain Farrand , who had left the United States Army and Navy for the service of the South . Chase , like many another Southern officer , was stirred to his inmost depths by his ...
... already been summoned to surrender by Colonel Chase and Captain Farrand , who had left the United States Army and Navy for the service of the South . Chase , like many another Southern officer , was stirred to his inmost depths by his ...
Page 29
... already . In Kentucky , the next border State , opinions were likewise divided ; and Kentuckians fought each other with help from both sides . Anderson , of Fort Sumter fame , was appointed to the Kentucky command in May . But here the ...
... already . In Kentucky , the next border State , opinions were likewise divided ; and Kentuckians fought each other with help from both sides . Anderson , of Fort Sumter fame , was appointed to the Kentucky command in May . But here the ...
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... already begun his preparations for the premature advance . By the end of May Confederate pickets had been in sight of Washington , while McDowell , crossing the Potomac , was faced by his friend of old 84 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... already begun his preparations for the premature advance . By the end of May Confederate pickets had been in sight of Washington , while McDowell , crossing the Potomac , was faced by his friend of old 84 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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... already , the West Virginian campaign was in full swing , with superior 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 ...
... already , the West Virginian campaign was in full swing , with superior 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 ...
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... already mentioned had " claimed their discharge " at Blackburn's Ford . Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth , while , sorely against his will , the Federals were having their " monster mili- tary picnic " at Centreville , he was ...
... already mentioned had " claimed their discharge " at Blackburn's Ford . Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth , while , sorely against his will , the Federals were having their " monster mili- tary picnic " at Centreville , he was ...
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