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Page 10
... remained at the hotel a week and in conversations declared that the position he 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 ...
... remained at the hotel a week and in conversations declared that the position he 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 ...
Page 14
... remained as silent as the grave . Anderson decided not to return the fire till it was broad daylight . In the meantime all ranks went to breakfast , which consisted entirely of water and salt pork . Then the gun crews went to action sta ...
... remained as silent as the grave . Anderson decided not to return the fire till it was broad daylight . In the meantime all ranks went to breakfast , which consisted entirely of water and salt pork . Then the gun crews went to action sta ...
Page 56
... - power and the absence of any good land frontier of her own . Kentucky remained neutral for several months . Missouri was saved for the Union by those two resourceful and determined men , Lyon and Blair . Kansas , 56.
... - power and the absence of any good land frontier of her own . Kentucky remained neutral for several months . Missouri was saved for the Union by those two resourceful and determined men , Lyon and Blair . Kansas , 56.
Page 82
... strangled the Southern resources and the unified Northern armies had worn out the fighting force . Of the single million soldiers raised by the South only two hundred thousand remained in arms , half starved 82 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... strangled the Southern resources and the unified Northern armies had worn out the fighting force . Of the single million soldiers raised by the South only two hundred thousand remained in arms , half starved 82 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Page 83
William Wood. only two hundred thousand remained in arms , half starved , half clad , with the scantiest of munitions , and without reserves of any kind . Meanwhile the Northern hosts had risen to a million in the field , well fed , well ...
William Wood. only two hundred thousand remained in arms , half starved , half clad , with the scantiest of munitions , and without reserves of any kind . Meanwhile the Northern hosts had risen to a million in the field , well fed , well ...
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