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... Virginia ; secondly , his belief in State rights , tempered though it was by admiration for the Union ; and thirdly , his clear perception that war was now inevitable , and that defeat for the 18 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... Virginia ; secondly , his belief in State rights , tempered though it was by admiration for the Union ; and thirdly , his clear perception that war was now inevitable , and that defeat for the 18 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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William Wood. war was now inevitable , and that defeat for the South would inevitably mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life , above all , a change imposed by force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished ...
William Wood. war was now inevitable , and that defeat for the South would inevitably mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life , above all , a change imposed by force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished ...
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... defeated him utterly , and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left . Boonville was , in itself ... defeating him at Boonville and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had prac- tically made the whole ...
... defeated him utterly , and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left . Boonville was , in itself ... defeating him at Boonville and driving his forces south in headlong flight he had prac- tically made the whole ...
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... defeated by the main Con- federate army at Bull Run , on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals . In April Lincoln had called for three - month volunteers . In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years ...
... defeated by the main Con- federate army at Bull Run , on that vital ground which lay between the rival capitals . In April Lincoln had called for three - month volunteers . In May the term of service for new enlistments was three years ...
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... every hundred thought Beauregard's twenty - two thou- sand at Bull Run would be defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South give in . McDowell had between two and three thousand reg- ulars : THE CLASH : 1861 39.
... every hundred thought Beauregard's twenty - two thou- sand at Bull Run would be defeated in a way that would be sure to make the South give in . McDowell had between two and three thousand reg- ulars : THE CLASH : 1861 39.
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