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Page 13
... nearly twice as far . At the northern side of the harbor mouth stood Fort Moultrie ; at the southern stood the batteries on Cummings Point ; and almost due west of Sumter stood Fort Johnson . Near Moultrie was a four- gun floating ...
... nearly twice as far . At the northern side of the harbor mouth stood Fort Moultrie ; at the southern stood the batteries on Cummings Point ; and almost due west of Sumter stood Fort Johnson . Near Moultrie was a four- gun floating ...
Page 36
... nearly sixty miles apart by road and rail . The Union forces were fifty thousand strong , the Confederate thirty - three thousand . The Union problem was how to keep " Joe " Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually ...
... nearly sixty miles apart by road and rail . The Union forces were fifty thousand strong , the Confederate thirty - three thousand . The Union problem was how to keep " Joe " Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually ...
Page 41
... nearly over , had not learned their drill as individuals before being herded into companies , battalions , and brigades , of course becoming more and more inefficient as the units grew more and more com- plex . Of the still more ...
... nearly over , had not learned their drill as individuals before being herded into companies , battalions , and brigades , of course becoming more and more inefficient as the units grew more and more com- plex . Of the still more ...
Page 45
... nearly two whole days before the last of Johnston's bri- gades arrived , just in time for the crisis of the battle . When Johnston had joined Beauregard their united effective total was thirty thousand men . There THE CLASH : 1861 45.
... nearly two whole days before the last of Johnston's bri- gades arrived , just in time for the crisis of the battle . When Johnston had joined Beauregard their united effective total was thirty thousand men . There THE CLASH : 1861 45.
Page 47
... nearly two miles beyond his own left . Perceiving that this new development must be a regular at- tempt to turn the whole Confederate left by cross- ing Bull Run , he sent back word to Beauregard , posted some men to hold the Stone ...
... nearly two miles beyond his own left . Perceiving that this new development must be a regular at- tempt to turn the whole Confederate left by cross- ing Bull Run , he sent back word to Beauregard , posted some men to hold the Stone ...
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