Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayGood Press, 2019 M11 26 - 1152 pages "Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray" by William Wood William Charles Henry Wood, was a Canadian historian, Scout leader and naturalist. This volume tells the story of the Civil War, with a focus on the leading generals and political figures of the crisis. Using his experience as a historian, Wood gives a comprehensive review of the Civil War from the perspective of a non-American looking at it from the outside. |
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... strong, at Chambersburg, forty-five miles north of Harper's Ferry, and twelve thousand strong farther north still. One day he made a magnificent capture of rolling stock on the twenty-seven miles of double track that centered in ...
... strong, at Chambersburg, forty-five miles north of Harper's Ferry, and twelve thousand strong farther north still. One day he made a magnificent capture of rolling stock on the twenty-seven miles of double track that centered in ...
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... strong, converged on Philippi, fifteen miles south of Grafton, and surprised a thousand Confederates. These thereupon retired, with little loss, to Beverly, thirty miles farther south still. Here there was a combat at Rich Mountain on ...
... strong, converged on Philippi, fifteen miles south of Grafton, and surprised a thousand Confederates. These thereupon retired, with little loss, to Beverly, thirty miles farther south still. Here there was a combat at Rich Mountain on ...
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... strong, the Confederate thirty-three thousand. The Union problem was how to keep "Joe" Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually making an invasion of the Shenandoah Valley with Patterson's superior force, while ...
... strong, the Confederate thirty-three thousand. The Union problem was how to keep "Joe" Johnston in the Winchester position by threatening or actually making an invasion of the Shenandoah Valley with Patterson's superior force, while ...
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... strong, hawk-eyed and lion-hearted, quick, bold, determined, and inspiring, yet always full of knowledge and precaution too; indefatigable at all times, and so persistent in carrying out a plan that the enemy could no more shake him off ...
... strong, hawk-eyed and lion-hearted, quick, bold, determined, and inspiring, yet always full of knowledge and precaution too; indefatigable at all times, and so persistent in carrying out a plan that the enemy could no more shake him off ...
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... strong , and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced - apart , of course , from regulars . Jackson had ridden . up and down before them , calm as they had ever seen him on parade , quietly ...
... strong , and by far the best drilled and disciplined brigade that either side had yet produced - apart , of course , from regulars . Jackson had ridden . up and down before them , calm as they had ever seen him on parade , quietly ...
Contents
CHAPTER VIII | |
CHAPTER IX | |
CHAPTER X | |
Map by W L G Joerg American Geographical Society | |
CAMPAIGNS OF 1862 | |
Map by W L G Joerg American Geographical Society | |
INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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