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Page 60
... corps and even colored soldiers , especially after Emanci- pation . But the vast majority of negroes , whether slave or free , either preferred or put up with their Southern masters , whom they generally served faithfully enough either ...
... corps and even colored soldiers , especially after Emanci- pation . But the vast majority of negroes , whether slave or free , either preferred or put up with their Southern masters , whom they generally served faithfully enough either ...
Page 147
... corps . This meant certain and per- haps disastrous confusion . For in an attack by columns of corps the firing line would always be reinforced by successive lines of the same corps ; while attacking by lines of corps meant that the ...
... corps . This meant certain and per- haps disastrous confusion . For in an attack by columns of corps the firing line would always be reinforced by successive lines of the same corps ; while attacking by lines of corps meant that the ...
Page 199
... corps of observa- tion , approved Banks and added : " As soon as you are strong enough push Jackson hard and drive him well beyond Strasburg , " that is , west of the Massanuttons , where Frémont could close in and finish him . Lincoln ...
... corps of observa- tion , approved Banks and added : " As soon as you are strong enough push Jackson hard and drive him well beyond Strasburg , " that is , west of the Massanuttons , where Frémont could close in and finish him . Lincoln ...
Page 200
... corps was to have taken the fort at Gloucester Point that prevented the Federal gunboats from turning the enemy's lines at Yorktown . McDowell moved south to Fredericksburg , leaving a small force near Manassas Junction to connect him ...
... corps was to have taken the fort at Gloucester Point that prevented the Federal gunboats from turning the enemy's lines at Yorktown . McDowell moved south to Fredericksburg , leaving a small force near Manassas Junction to connect him ...
Page 213
... corps was being formed at Washington , the Federal Government was assum- ing control of all the railroad lines , and McClellan was being warned that he must either take Rich- mond at once or come back to save the capital . Nor did the ...
... corps was being formed at Washington , the Federal Government was assum- ing control of all the railroad lines , and McClellan was being warned that he must either take Rich- mond at once or come back to save the capital . Nor did the ...
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