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Page 21
... troops there was no end to the fuss and feathers among the members of the busybody staffs , who were numerous enough to manage an army but clumsy enough to spoil a platoon . It was said , and not without good reason , that there was as ...
... troops there was no end to the fuss and feathers among the members of the busybody staffs , who were numerous enough to manage an army but clumsy enough to spoil a platoon . It was said , and not without good reason , that there was as ...
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... troops , thus forestalling the Confederates , under Brigadier - General D. M. Frost , who was now forced to establish Camp Jackson in a far less favorable place . So vigorously had Blair and Lyon worked that they had armed thousands ...
... troops , thus forestalling the Confederates , under Brigadier - General D. M. Frost , who was now forced to establish Camp Jackson in a far less favorable place . So vigorously had Blair and Lyon worked that they had armed thousands ...
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... troops , whom he congratulated on having " annihilated two armies , commanded by educated and experienced soldiers , intrenched in mountain fastnesses fortified at their leisure . " It disastrously happened that the Union public were ...
... troops , whom he congratulated on having " annihilated two armies , commanded by educated and experienced soldiers , intrenched in mountain fastnesses fortified at their leisure . " It disastrously happened that the Union public were ...
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... troops of cavalry , nine batteries of artillery , eight companies of infantry , and a little battalion of marines . Then there was the immense paper army voted on the Glorious Fourth . And here , for the general public to admire , was a ...
... troops of cavalry , nine batteries of artillery , eight companies of infantry , and a little battalion of marines . Then there was the immense paper army voted on the Glorious Fourth . And here , for the general public to admire , was a ...
Page 48
... troops , till the real battle raged not along Bull Run but across the Matthews Hill and Henry Hill . Forming the new front at right angles to the old , so as to attack and defend the Confederate left on the Matthews and Henry Hills ...
... troops , till the real battle raged not along Bull Run but across the Matthews Hill and Henry Hill . Forming the new front at right angles to the old , so as to attack and defend the Confederate left on the Matthews and Henry Hills ...
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