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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... reached his old posi- tion on the Gauley River , thirty - two miles distant . Gen. Lee was unable to follow . The swollen streams and the mud made any- thing like hopeful and effective pursuit impossible ; and the advent of winter was ...
... reached his old posi- tion on the Gauley River , thirty - two miles distant . Gen. Lee was unable to follow . The swollen streams and the mud made any- thing like hopeful and effective pursuit impossible ; and the advent of winter was ...
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... reached Ashland , was within striking distance of the right wing of the Federal army , and the next day the storm of battle was to burst upon the hesitating Mc- Clellan and his astounded troops . In the morning of the 26th June , the ...
... reached Ashland , was within striking distance of the right wing of the Federal army , and the next day the storm of battle was to burst upon the hesitating Mc- Clellan and his astounded troops . In the morning of the 26th June , the ...
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... left on every field ; while his subsequent inaction shows in what condition the survivors reached the protection to which they fled . " CHAPTER VI . General Lee the favourite of the populace GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE . 77.
... left on every field ; while his subsequent inaction shows in what condition the survivors reached the protection to which they fled . " CHAPTER VI . General Lee the favourite of the populace GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE . 77.
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... reached the field , and Early , converting the defence into an attack , led for- ward his brigades , drove back Hooker's corps , and shook the Federal line so severely that McClellan feared at one time that his centre would be broken ...
... reached the field , and Early , converting the defence into an attack , led for- ward his brigades , drove back Hooker's corps , and shook the Federal line so severely that McClellan feared at one time that his centre would be broken ...
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... reached the field , and Early , converting the defence into an attack , led for- ward his brigades , drove back Hooker's corps , and shook the Federal line so severely that McClellan feared at one time that his centre would be broken ...
... reached the field , and Early , converting the defence into an attack , led for- ward his brigades , drove back Hooker's corps , and shook the Federal line so severely that McClellan feared at one time that his centre would be broken ...
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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