Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayLibrary of Alexandria, 1921 M01 1 - 424 pages |
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... miles to the neighborhood of Lexington, with an average width of only twentyfour. Bounded on the west by the Alleghanies and on the east by the long Blue Ridge this valley was a regular covered way by which the Northern invaders might ...
... miles to the neighborhood of Lexington, with an average width of only twentyfour. Bounded on the west by the Alleghanies and on the east by the long Blue Ridge this valley was a regular covered way by which the Northern invaders might ...
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... miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. Throughout the month of May Jackson went on working his men into shape and watching the enemy, three thousand strong, at Chambersburg, forty-five miles north of Harper's Ferry, and twelve thousand ...
... miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. Throughout the month of May Jackson went on working his men into shape and watching the enemy, three thousand strong, at Chambersburg, forty-five miles north of Harper's Ferry, and twelve thousand ...
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... 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 the eleventh of July. The Confederates ...
... 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 the eleventh of July. The Confederates ...
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... miles apart by road and rail. The Union forces were fifty thousand 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 ...
... miles apart by road and rail. The Union forces were fifty thousand 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 ...
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... miles south of the Potomac, where Jackson came into touch with Patterson's advanced guard. As Jackson withdrew his handful of Virginian infantry the Federal cavalry came clattering down the turnpike and were met by a single shot from a ...
... miles south of the Potomac, where Jackson came into touch with Patterson's advanced guard. As Jackson withdrew his handful of Virginian infantry the Federal cavalry came clattering down the turnpike and were met by a single shot from a ...
Contents
CHAPTER III THE NAVAL WAR 1862 | |
CHAPTER IV THE RIVER WAR 1862 | |
CHAPTER V LINCOLN WAR STATESMAN | |
CHAPTER VI LEE AND JACKSON 18623 | |
CHAPTER VII GRANT WINS THE RIVER WAR 1863 | |
CHAPTER VIII GETTYSBURG 1863 | |
CHAPTER IX FARRAGUT AND THE NAVY 18634 | |
CHAPTER X GRANT ATTACKS THE FRONT 1864 | |
CHAPTER XI SHERMAN DESTROYS THE BASE 1864 | |
CHAPTER XII THE END 1865 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | |
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advance Alabama arms army attack Banks battalion batteries battle Beauregard began blockade Bragg brigade Buell Bull Run campaign cavalry Centreville Charleston Chattanooga civilian Colonel command Confederate corps Culp's Hill Cumberland defeat defense enemy Farragut Federal fighting fire flank fleet flotilla Fortress Monroe fought Fredericksburg front garrison Government Grant gunboats guns Halleck hand Harper's Ferry Henry Hill Hooker hundred infantry ironclad Johnston Kearsarge knew land Lee's Lincoln Longstreet maneuvers McClellan McClernand McDowell Meanwhile Merrimac miles military Mississippi naval navy never North Northern numbers officers orders Orleans Pope Port Hudson Potomac raid rails rear reinforcements retreat Richmond river round sea-power sent Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman ships shot side soldiers South Southern Stanton Stonewall Jackson stood strategic Stuart Sumter supplies surrender Tennessee thousand took troops turned Union armies Union forces Valley vessels Vicksburg victory Washington West Virginia whole