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Page 22
... formed into workable battalions , the battalions into brigades . There was a deplor- able lack of cavalry , artillery , engineers , commis- sariat , transport , medical services , and , above all , staff . Armament was bad ; other ...
... formed into workable battalions , the battalions into brigades . There was a deplor- able lack of cavalry , artillery , engineers , commis- sariat , transport , medical services , and , above all , staff . Armament was bad ; other ...
Page 27
... forming . But General Harney , who commanded the Department of the West , returned to St. Louis the day after the shooting and made peace instead of war with Price . By the end of the month , however , Lincoln removed Harney and ...
... forming . But General Harney , who commanded the Department of the West , returned to St. Louis the day after the shooting and made peace instead of war with Price . By the end of the month , however , Lincoln removed Harney and ...
Page 29
... formed a wedge dangerous to the whole South , especially to Virginia and the Carolinas . Each side therefore tried to control this area itself . The Federals , under McClellan , of whom we shall X soon hear more , had two lines of ...
... formed a wedge dangerous to the whole South , especially to Virginia and the Carolinas . Each side therefore tried to control this area itself . The Federals , under McClellan , of whom we shall X soon hear more , had two lines of ...
Page 48
... Forming the new front at right angles to the old , so as to attack and defend the Confederate left on the Matthews and Henry Hills , caused much con- fusion on both sides ; but more on the Federal , as the Confederates knew the ground ...
... Forming the new front at right angles to the old , so as to attack and defend the Confederate left on the Matthews and Henry Hills , caused much con- fusion on both sides ; but more on the Federal , as the Confederates knew the ground ...
Page 51
... formation in their advance ; where- upon " Jeb " Stuart , with only a hundred and fifty horsemen , swooped down and smashed them to pieces by a daring charge . Then , just as the scat- tered white turbans went wildly bobbing about ...
... formation in their advance ; where- upon " Jeb " Stuart , with only a hundred and fifty horsemen , swooped down and smashed them to pieces by a daring charge . Then , just as the scat- tered white turbans went wildly bobbing about ...
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