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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... sent to Northwestern Virginia . - Description of the theatre of the war . Unfortunate military councils in Richmond . - Proclamation of Gov. Letcher . - A caricature of secession . - Disaster of Rich Mountain . Gen. Lee's plans ...
... sent to Northwestern Virginia . - Description of the theatre of the war . Unfortunate military councils in Richmond . - Proclamation of Gov. Letcher . - A caricature of secession . - Disaster of Rich Mountain . Gen. Lee's plans ...
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... sent him with the team to draw them to the village , telling him that men would be there with handspikes to help them on to the wagon . The boy went with the team , but on arriving at his destination the men were not there , and after ...
... sent him with the team to draw them to the village , telling him that men would be there with handspikes to help them on to the wagon . The boy went with the team , but on arriving at his destination the men were not there , and after ...
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... conjectural returns from some of the counties , which probably reduced the majority to little less than a hundred thousand votes . 1 CHAPTER IV . Gen. Lee sent to Northwestern Virginia . GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE . 57.
... conjectural returns from some of the counties , which probably reduced the majority to little less than a hundred thousand votes . 1 CHAPTER IV . Gen. Lee sent to Northwestern Virginia . GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE . 57.
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... and Floyd's force of about four thousand men having been sent to his relief . The field was one of little promise for Lee . He found himself in the midst of a hostile population ; the wild 62 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE .
... and Floyd's force of about four thousand men having been sent to his relief . The field was one of little promise for Lee . He found himself in the midst of a hostile population ; the wild 62 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE .
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... sent a dispatch to Washing- ton that he was about to bring on a general action . On the 25th June , it was said that he was preparing for a general forward movement by the Williamsburg road . But the preceding night the swift and ...
... sent a dispatch to Washing- ton that he was about to bring on a general action . On the 25th June , it was said that he was preparing for a general forward movement by the Williamsburg road . But the preceding night the swift and ...
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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