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Page 12
... sent in a summons to surrender . Anderson refused . At a quarter to one the next morning the summons was repeated , as pilots had meanwhile reported a Federal vessel ap- proaching the harbor . Anderson again refused and again admitted ...
... sent in a summons to surrender . Anderson refused . At a quarter to one the next morning the summons was repeated , as pilots had meanwhile reported a Federal vessel ap- proaching the harbor . Anderson again refused and again admitted ...
Page 25
... too quick for him . Blair organized the Home Guards , whom Lyon armed from the arsenal . Lyon then sent all the surplus arms and stores across the river into Illinois , while he occupied the most com- THE CLASH : 1861 25.
... too quick for him . Blair organized the Home Guards , whom Lyon armed from the arsenal . Lyon then sent all the surplus arms and stores across the river into Illinois , while he occupied the most com- THE CLASH : 1861 25.
Page 28
... 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 point of rail and river junction on the ...
... 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 point of rail and river junction on the ...
Page 30
... sent forces from which two flying columns , three thousand strong , converged on Philippi , fifteen miles south of Grafton , and surprised a thousand Confederates . These thereupon retired , with little loss , to Beverly , thirty miles ...
... sent forces from which two flying columns , three thousand strong , converged on Philippi , fifteen miles south of Grafton , and surprised a thousand Confederates . These thereupon retired , with little loss , to Beverly , thirty miles ...
Page 31
... sent Lee himself in general com- mand . But , confronted by superior forces in a difficult and thoroughly hostile country , they at last retired east of the Alleghanies , which thenceforth became the frontier of two warring States . The ...
... sent Lee himself in general com- mand . But , confronted by superior forces in a difficult and thoroughly hostile country , they at last retired east of the Alleghanies , which thenceforth became the frontier of two warring States . The ...
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