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Page 12
... Sherman's old friend Beauregard commanded the forces that encircled Sumter . Sumter , still unfinished , had been de- signed for a garrison of six hundred and fifty com- batant men . It now contained exactly sixty - five . It was to ...
... Sherman's old friend Beauregard commanded the forces that encircled Sumter . Sumter , still unfinished , had been de- signed for a garrison of six hundred and fifty com- batant men . It now contained exactly sixty - five . It was to ...
Page 33
... Sherman and Irvin McDowell . But civilian interference ruined all . Even Lincoln had not yet learned the quintessen- tial difference between that civil control by which the fighting services are so rightly made the real servants of the ...
... Sherman and Irvin McDowell . But civilian interference ruined all . Even Lincoln had not yet learned the quintessen- tial difference between that civil control by which the fighting services are so rightly made the real servants of the ...
Page 42
... Sherman , who commanded a brigade , " demonstrated little save the general laxity of discipline ; for , with all my personal efforts , I could not prevent the men from straggling for water , blackberries , or anything on the way they ...
... Sherman , who commanded a brigade , " demonstrated little save the general laxity of discipline ; for , with all my personal efforts , I could not prevent the men from straggling for water , blackberries , or anything on the way they ...
Page 76
... Sherman rose to great- ness during the latter half of the war . Lee himself was never surpassed ; and he , like Jackson and several more , made the best use of home surround- ings and of interior lines . Anybody can appreciate the prime ...
... Sherman rose to great- ness during the latter half of the war . Lee himself was never surpassed ; and he , like Jackson and several more , made the best use of home surround- ings and of interior lines . Anybody can appreciate the prime ...
Page 93
... Sherman , commanding the troops . North Carolina's turn soon came again , when she lost Roanoke Island ( and with it the command of Albemarle Sound ) on February 8 , 1862 ; and when she also had Pamlico Sound shut against her by a joint ...
... Sherman , commanding the troops . North Carolina's turn soon came again , when she lost Roanoke Island ( and with it the command of Albemarle Sound ) on February 8 , 1862 ; and when she also had Pamlico Sound shut against her by a joint ...
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