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... number of over four thousand . They were a mere conglomera- tion of semi - independent units , mostly composed of raw recruits under officers who themselves knew next to nothing . As usual with such fledgling troops there was no end to ...
... number of over four thousand . They were a mere conglomera- tion of semi - independent units , mostly composed of raw recruits under officers who themselves knew next to nothing . As usual with such fledgling troops there was no end to ...
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... numbers and skill , defeated him utterly , and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left . Boonville was , in itself , a very small affair indeed . But it had immense re- Xsults . Lyon had seized the best strategic ...
... numbers and skill , defeated him utterly , and sent him flying south with only a few hundred followers left . Boonville was , in itself , a very small affair indeed . But it had immense re- Xsults . Lyon had seized the best strategic ...
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... numbers and a great preponderance in guns , soon drove the Confederates off the Matthews Hill . As the Confederates recrossed Young's Branch and climbed the Henry Hill the regular artillery of the Federals limbered up smartly , galloped ...
... numbers and a great preponderance in guns , soon drove the Confederates off the Matthews Hill . As the Confederates recrossed Young's Branch and climbed the Henry Hill the regular artillery of the Federals limbered up smartly , galloped ...
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... numbers ; and they enjoyed the priceless advantage of having some regulars among them . If the Federal division at the Stone Bridge had only pushed home its attack at this favorable moment the Confederates must have been defeated . But ...
... numbers ; and they enjoyed the priceless advantage of having some regulars among them . If the Federal division at the Stone Bridge had only pushed home its attack at this favorable moment the Confederates must have been defeated . But ...
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... numbers . They came on with great gallan- try , considering they were raw troops who were now without the comfort of the guns . Once more a Fed- eral victory seemed secure ; and if the infantry had only pressed on ( not piecemeal , by ...
... numbers . They came on with great gallan- try , considering they were raw troops who were now without the comfort of the guns . Once more a Fed- eral victory seemed secure ; and if the infantry had only pressed on ( not piecemeal , by ...
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