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Page 5
... held out till reinforced in April , by which time the war had begun in earnest . Fort Pickens was never taken . On the contrary , it supported the bombardment of the Confederate ' longshore posi- tions the next THE CLASH : 1861 5.
... held out till reinforced in April , by which time the war had begun in earnest . Fort Pickens was never taken . On the contrary , it supported the bombardment of the Confederate ' longshore posi- tions the next THE CLASH : 1861 5.
Page 10
... held was a neutral one . ” Three other Union witnesses show how Lee agonized over the fateful decision he was being forced to make . Captain R. M. Potter says : " I have seldom seen a more distressed man . He said , ' When I get to ...
... held was a neutral one . ” Three other Union witnesses show how Lee agonized over the fateful decision he was being forced to make . Captain R. M. Potter says : " I have seldom seen a more distressed man . He said , ' When I get to ...
Page 21
... nor even a brigadier ; just a colonel . He held no trumpeting reviews . He made no flowery speeches . He didn't even swear . The armed mob at Harper's Ferry felt that they would lose caste on Sunday afternoons THE CLASH : 1861 . 21.
... nor even a brigadier ; just a colonel . He held no trumpeting reviews . He made no flowery speeches . He didn't even swear . The armed mob at Harper's Ferry felt that they would lose caste on Sunday afternoons THE CLASH : 1861 . 21.
Page 28
... held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon reached Jefferson City only to find that the Governor had decamped for Boonville , still higher up the Missouri . Here , on the seventeenth , Lyon attacked him with greatly superior ...
... held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon reached Jefferson City only to find that the Governor had decamped for Boonville , still higher up the Missouri . Here , on the seventeenth , Lyon attacked him with greatly superior ...
Page 44
... held fast Johnston's eleven thou- sand , who were mostly little better off in military ways . Patterson , however , suffered from dis- tracting orders , and that was his undoing . John- ston , admirably screened by Stuart , drew quiet ...
... held fast Johnston's eleven thou- sand , who were mostly little better off in military ways . Patterson , however , suffered from dis- tracting orders , and that was his undoing . John- ston , admirably screened by Stuart , drew quiet ...
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