Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayYale University Press, 1921 - 424 pages |
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... four- gun floating battery with an iron shield . A mile northwest of Moultrie , farther up the harbor , stood the Mount Pleasant battery , nearly two miles off from Sumter . At half - past four , in the first faint light of a gray ...
... four- gun floating battery with an iron shield . A mile northwest of Moultrie , farther up the harbor , stood the Mount Pleasant battery , nearly two miles off from Sumter . At half - past four , in the first faint light of a gray ...
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... four years in Con- federate hands , Sumter was recaptured by the Union forces on the anniversary of its surrender . It was often bombarded , though never taken , in the meantime . The fall of Sumter not only fired all Union loy- alty ...
... four years in Con- federate hands , Sumter was recaptured by the Union forces on the anniversary of its surrender . It was often bombarded , though never taken , in the meantime . The fall of Sumter not only fired all Union loy- alty ...
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... four thousand . They were a mere conglomera- tion of semi - independent units , mostly composed of raw recruits under officers who themselves knew next to nothing . As usual with such fledgling troops there was no end to the fuss and ...
... four thousand . They were a mere conglomera- tion of semi - independent units , mostly composed of raw recruits under officers who themselves knew next to nothing . As usual with such fledgling troops there was no end to the fuss and ...
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... four . Bounded on the west by the Alleghanies and on the east by the long Blue Ridge this valley was a regular covered way by which the Northern invaders might approach , cut Virginia in two ( for West Virginia was then a part of the ...
... four . Bounded on the west by the Alleghanies and on the east by the long Blue Ridge this valley was a regular covered way by which the Northern invaders might approach , cut Virginia in two ( for West Virginia was then a part of the ...
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... four days before retiring . Then , with his fourteen thousand , Patterson advanced again , stood irresolute under distracting orders from the Government in Washington , and finally went to Charlestown on the seventeenth of July — almost ...
... four days before retiring . Then , with his fourteen thousand , Patterson advanced again , stood irresolute under distracting orders from the Government in Washington , and finally went to Charlestown on the seventeenth of July — almost ...
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Page 286 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 286 - Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer.
Page 285 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 184 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be reelected.
Page 386 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 223 - Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves.
Page 362 - If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war.
Page 5 - And furthermore, as president of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent, the moment the State determines to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States.
Page 372 - I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 140 - CF Smith in command of expedition, and remain yourself at Fort Henry. Why do you not obey my orders to report strength and positions of your command ? HW HALLECK, Major-General.