The Early Life, Campaigns, and Public Services of Robert E. Lee: With a Record of the Campaigns and Heroic Deeds of His Companions in ArmsE.B. Treat & Company, 1871 - 851 pages |
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... officer's description of his person and habits , CHAPTER X. .116 Opening of the great campaign of 1864. - Precise ... officer , CHAPTER XIII . 149 The last retreat of Gen. Lee's army . - Two notable pictures . - Gen . Lee con- ceives a ...
... officer's description of his person and habits , CHAPTER X. .116 Opening of the great campaign of 1864. - Precise ... officer , CHAPTER XIII . 149 The last retreat of Gen. Lee's army . - Two notable pictures . - Gen . Lee con- ceives a ...
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... officers . - His severe idea of war.- Destructiveness . His readiness to forgive . - A touching personal incident . -His self - possession as a mark of " genius . " - His military faculty not a partial one . - European estimates of his ...
... officers . - His severe idea of war.- Destructiveness . His readiness to forgive . - A touching personal incident . -His self - possession as a mark of " genius . " - His military faculty not a partial one . - European estimates of his ...
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... officer . - Released , and takes command in Hardee's corps . - His disagreement with Gen. Bragg concerning the field of ... officers . - Gen . Buckner transferred to the Trans - Mississippi , and commands the District of Louisiana ...
... officer . - Released , and takes command in Hardee's corps . - His disagreement with Gen. Bragg concerning the field of ... officers . - Gen . Buckner transferred to the Trans - Mississippi , and commands the District of Louisiana ...
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... officers , and to reorganize throughout the army . It was said that the soldiers claimed the letter of their contract , to leave the service at the expiration of one year ; and the weak legislators at Richmond thought it necessary to ...
... officers , and to reorganize throughout the army . It was said that the soldiers claimed the letter of their contract , to leave the service at the expiration of one year ; and the weak legislators at Richmond thought it necessary to ...
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... officers , presenting , perhaps , not so im- pressively his importance and dignity , as a Federal brigadier with his couriers and orderlies at his heels . Each day his army was busy in strengthening their defensive works , and people ...
... officers , presenting , perhaps , not so im- pressively his importance and dignity , as a Federal brigadier with his couriers and orderlies at his heels . Each day his army was busy in strengthening their defensive works , and people ...
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A. P. Hill action advance arms Army of Northern Army of Tennessee artillery assault attack batteries battle Beauregard Bragg Breckinridge brigade brilliant campaign captured Carolina cavalry column command Confederacy Confederate army corps D. H. Hill defence desperate division Dorn duty enemy enemy's engaged Federal army field fight fire Fitzhugh Lee flank Floyd force fought front gallant guns Hardee Harper's Ferry Hill honour horse infantry J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed Lee's Lieutenant-General Longstreet Maj.-Gen Major-General Manassas mand McClellan McLaws ment miles military Mississippi Missouri moved movement never night North Northern Virginia numbers officers organized P. G. T. BEAUREGARD Polk position Potomac President Davis prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements remarkable retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sherman soldiers South South Carolina Southern Stuart success superiour surrender tion troops Valley Vicksburg victory Washington West Point wounded