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... : 1863-4 ་ ་ 307 X. GRANT ATTACKS THE FRONT : 1864 XI . SHERMAN DESTROYS THE BASE : 1864 66 327 66 366 66 XII . THE END : 1865 379 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 66 397 INDEX 4 401 ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL U. S. GRANT Photograph by Brady . In xi.
... : 1863-4 ་ ་ 307 X. GRANT ATTACKS THE FRONT : 1864 XI . SHERMAN DESTROYS THE BASE : 1864 66 327 66 366 66 XII . THE END : 1865 379 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 66 397 INDEX 4 401 ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL U. S. GRANT Photograph by Brady . In xi.
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... base of Virginia ) attack eastern Virginia through whichever gaps might serve the purpose best . More than this , the only direct line from Richmond to the Mississippi ran just below the southwest end of the valley , while a network of ...
... base of Virginia ) attack eastern Virginia through whichever gaps might serve the purpose best . More than this , the only direct line from Richmond to the Mississippi ran just below the southwest end of the valley , while a network of ...
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... base during the battle . Sunday , July 21 , 1861 , was a beautiful mid- summer day . Both armies were stirring soon after dawn . But a miscarriage of orders delayed the Confederate offensive so much that the initiative of attack passed ...
... base during the battle . Sunday , July 21 , 1861 , was a beautiful mid- summer day . Both armies were stirring soon after dawn . But a miscarriage of orders delayed the Confederate offensive so much that the initiative of attack passed ...
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... base for supplying many of his most pressing needs in arms , equipment , clothing , and even food - for Southern transport suffered from many disabilities . Fierce wolfish cries would mingle with the rebel yell in battle when the two ...
... base for supplying many of his most pressing needs in arms , equipment , clothing , and even food - for Southern transport suffered from many disabilities . Fierce wolfish cries would mingle with the rebel yell in battle when the two ...
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... base of war supplies , a force which enabled the Union armies to get and keep the strangle - hold which did the South to death . The blockade declared in April was no empty threat . The sails of Federal frigates , still more the ...
... base of war supplies , a force which enabled the Union armies to get and keep the strangle - hold which did the South to death . The blockade declared in April was no empty threat . The sails of Federal frigates , still more the ...
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