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Page 35
... Richmond in flank , along the lower Chesapeake , was watched by the Con- federates Huger and Magruder . Meanwhile , as we have seen already , the West Virginian campaign was in full swing , with superior Federal forces under McClellan ...
... Richmond in flank , along the lower Chesapeake , was watched by the Con- federates Huger and Magruder . Meanwhile , as we have seen already , the West Virginian campaign was in full swing , with superior Federal forces under McClellan ...
Page 36
... Richmond as Scott then was to the Union Government at Washington . Such was the central scene of action , where the first great battle of the war was fought . The Union forces were based on the Potomac from Washington to Harper's Ferry ...
... Richmond as Scott then was to the Union Government at Washington . Such was the central scene of action , where the first great battle of the war was fought . The Union forces were based on the Potomac from Washington to Harper's Ferry ...
Page 43
... simply ceased to exist . At one o'clock in the morning of this same day Johnston received a telegram at Winchester , from Richmond , warning him that McDowell was advancing on Bull Run , with the evident intention of THE CLASH : 1861 43.
... simply ceased to exist . At one o'clock in the morning of this same day Johnston received a telegram at Winchester , from Richmond , warning him that McDowell was advancing on Bull Run , with the evident intention of THE CLASH : 1861 43.
Page 64
... Richmond the only places where Southern cannon could be made were Charlotte in North Carolina , Atlanta and Macon in Georgia , and Selma in Ala- bama . The North had many places , each with superior plant , besides which the oversea ...
... Richmond the only places where Southern cannon could be made were Charlotte in North Carolina , Atlanta and Macon in Georgia , and Selma in Ala- bama . The North had many places , each with superior plant , besides which the oversea ...
Page 70
... Richmond , and blessed by the Confederate Secretary of War , Judah P. Ben- jamin , that very clever lawyer - politician and ever- smiling Jew . Six of the fourteen " rams " were lost , with sheer futility , at New Orleans in April , '62 ...
... Richmond , and blessed by the Confederate Secretary of War , Judah P. Ben- jamin , that very clever lawyer - politician and ever- smiling Jew . Six of the fourteen " rams " were lost , with sheer futility , at New Orleans in April , '62 ...
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