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Page 20
... strategic point in north- ern Virginia . It was the gate to the Shenandoah Valley as well as the point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossed the Potomac some sixty miles northwest of Washington . Harper's Ferry was known by name ...
... strategic point in north- ern Virginia . It was the gate to the Shenandoah Valley as well as the point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossed the Potomac some sixty miles northwest of Washington . Harper's Ferry was known by name ...
Page 28
... strategic point of rail and river junction on the Mississippi by hold- ing St. Louis . He had also secured supremacy in arms , munitions , and morale . By turning the Governor out of Jefferson City , the State capital , he had deprived ...
... strategic point of rail and river junction on the Mississippi by hold- ing St. Louis . He had also secured supremacy in arms , munitions , and morale . By turning the Governor out of Jefferson City , the State capital , he had deprived ...
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... strategic area ; for Boonville was the center to which pro - Southern Missourians were flocking . The tide of battle was to go against the Federals at Wilson's Creek in the southwest of the State , and even at Lexington on the Missouri ...
... strategic area ; for Boonville was the center to which pro - Southern Missourians were flocking . The tide of battle was to go against the Federals at Wilson's Creek in the southwest of the State , and even at Lexington on the Missouri ...
Page 30
... strategic point . In May the Confederates cut the line near Graf- ton . As this broke direct communication between the West and Washington , McClellan sent forces from which two flying columns , three thousand strong , converged on ...
... strategic point . In May the Confederates cut the line near Graf- ton . As this broke direct communication between the West and Washington , McClellan sent forces from which two flying columns , three thousand strong , converged on ...
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... strategic defect of not being convenient for rapid concentration by land ; for most of the South- ern rails were laid with a view to getting surplus cotton and tobacco overseas . The strategic gap at Petersburg was due to a very ...
... strategic defect of not being convenient for rapid concentration by land ; for most of the South- ern rails were laid with a view to getting surplus cotton and tobacco overseas . The strategic gap at Petersburg was due to a very ...
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