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Page 51
... victory seemed secure ; and if the infantry had only pressed on ( not piecemeal , by disjoined battal- ions , but by brigades ) without letting the Confeder- ates recover from one blow before another struck them , the day would have ...
... victory seemed secure ; and if the infantry had only pressed on ( not piecemeal , by disjoined battal- ions , but by brigades ) without letting the Confeder- ates recover from one blow before another struck them , the day would have ...
Page 91
... victory ; for the Merrimac was balked of her easy prey , and the North gained time to outbuild the South completely . Outbuilding the South of course meant tighten- ing the " anaconda " system of blockade , in the en- tangling coils of ...
... victory ; for the Merrimac was balked of her easy prey , and the North gained time to outbuild the South completely . Outbuilding the South of course meant tighten- ing the " anaconda " system of blockade , in the en- tangling coils of ...
Page 115
... , without which admirable base the River War of '62 could never have prepared the way for Grant's magnificent victory in the River War of '63 . CHAPTER IV THE RIVER WAR : 1862 THE military front THE NAVAL WAR : 1862 115.
... , without which admirable base the River War of '62 could never have prepared the way for Grant's magnificent victory in the River War of '63 . CHAPTER IV THE RIVER WAR : 1862 THE military front THE NAVAL WAR : 1862 115.
Page 116
... victory was bound to have the most momentous consequences . But the River wing was hardly less Ximportant ; for there the Union Government actu- ally hoped to reach these three supreme objectives in this one campaign : the absolute ...
... victory was bound to have the most momentous consequences . But the River wing was hardly less Ximportant ; for there the Union Government actu- ally hoped to reach these three supreme objectives in this one campaign : the absolute ...
Page 120
... victory by taking Lexington , Missouri , where Colonel James Mulli- gan made a gallant defense . That was the last Confederate foothold on the Missouri ; and it could not be maintained . In October , Anderson , who had never recovered ...
... victory by taking Lexington , Missouri , where Colonel James Mulli- gan made a gallant defense . That was the last Confederate foothold on the Missouri ; and it could not be maintained . In October , Anderson , who had never recovered ...
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