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... field . He had been a model Superintendent at West Point and an exceedingly good officer of engineers before he left them , on promotion , for the cavalry . Very tall and handsome , magnificently fit in body and in mind , genial but of ...
... field . He had been a model Superintendent at West Point and an exceedingly good officer of engineers before he left them , on promotion , for the cavalry . Very tall and handsome , magnificently fit in body and in mind , genial but of ...
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... field for recruiting round Jefferson City on the Missouri promised a good crop of enemies to the Union cause . Lyon and Blair wished to march against Price immediately and smash every hostile force while still in the act of forming ...
... field for recruiting round Jefferson City on the Missouri promised a good crop of enemies to the Union cause . Lyon and Blair wished to march against Price immediately and smash every hostile force while still in the act of forming ...
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... field . The other members of the Cabinet had war nostrums of their own ; and every politician with a pull did what he could to use it . Behind all these surged a clamorous press and an excited people , both patriotic and well meaning ...
... field . The other members of the Cabinet had war nostrums of their own ; and every politician with a pull did what he could to use it . Behind all these surged a clamorous press and an excited people , both patriotic and well meaning ...
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... field . Galloping among them suddenly he shouted , " Throw down your arms or you are all dead men ! " Whereupon they all threw down their arms ; and his troopers led them off . Patter- son , badly served by his very raw staff , reported ...
... field . Galloping among them suddenly he shouted , " Throw down your arms or you are all dead men ! " Whereupon they all threw down their arms ; and his troopers led them off . Patter- son , badly served by his very raw staff , reported ...
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... field 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 ...
... field 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 ...
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