A Critical History of the Late American WarA.S. Barnes & Company, 1877 - 461 Seiten |
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... lost and won . Although the Doctor is not a military man , he seems to have studied carefully the science of strategy as it has been developed at different periods , and applies his know- ledge in indicating where established principles ...
... lost and won . Although the Doctor is not a military man , he seems to have studied carefully the science of strategy as it has been developed at different periods , and applies his know- ledge in indicating where established principles ...
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... lost more than half a million of precious lives , accumulated upon its hands hardly less than a mil- lion of its maimed and pensioned soldiers , expended many billions of treasures , and has loaded itself down with a present debt of ...
... lost more than half a million of precious lives , accumulated upon its hands hardly less than a mil- lion of its maimed and pensioned soldiers , expended many billions of treasures , and has loaded itself down with a present debt of ...
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... Chief never ought to have lost an important battle , and never ought to have fought one without an amount of force which outnumbered the Confederate as three to two , or So two to one . In all the important battles actually INTRODUCTION .
... Chief never ought to have lost an important battle , and never ought to have fought one without an amount of force which outnumbered the Confederate as three to two , or So two to one . In all the important battles actually INTRODUCTION .
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... lost through active service . Had our Commanders - in - Chief followed the example of success- ful warfare in other nations , the Confederacy would have had " no rest day nor night , " winter or summer , after the full opening of ...
... lost through active service . Had our Commanders - in - Chief followed the example of success- ful warfare in other nations , the Confederacy would have had " no rest day nor night , " winter or summer , after the full opening of ...
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... lost a battle ; and in a wonderfully short time drove the central army of France over the Pyrenees , and with his own invaded the French territory . Let us now compare a case which occurred in still more modern times . On the 15th of ...
... lost a battle ; and in a wonderfully short time drove the central army of France over the Pyrenees , and with his own invaded the French territory . Let us now compare a case which occurred in still more modern times . On the 15th of ...
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A. P. Hill advance Antietam army of Virginia arrived assault attack batteries battle battle of Antietam Bragg brigade Buell Burnside campaign capture cavalry Centerville centre Chancellorsville Chattanooga command Commander-in-Chief conduct Confederacy Confederate army Confederate forces consideration Corinth corps crossing crushing defeat direction dispositions division enemy enemy's facts federacy field fight fleet fortifications Fortress Monroe Franklin Fredericksburg Fremont front Gainesville Grant guns Halleck Harper's Ferry Heintzelman Hooker infantry invasion Jackson James river Johnston Kentucky killed Lee's army located loss Manassas mand Maryland McClellan McDowell ment miles military authorities mind Mississippi Missouri morning move nation palpable Pleasanton Pope Porter position Potomac President prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear Rebellion reinforced rendered retreat Richmond river road Rosecrans Savannah sent Sharpsburg Sherman side soon strong Sumner Tennessee tion troops undeniably Union Union army upwards Vicksburg victory Warrenton Washington wounded
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Seite 204 - President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good.
Seite 173 - I am clear that one of two courses should be adopted: first, to concentrate all our available forces to open communication with Pope; second, to leave Pope to get out of his scrape, and at once use all our means to make the capital perfectly safe.
Seite 414 - Were I to express my measure of the relative importance of the march to the sea, and of that from Savannah northward, I would place the former at one, and the latter at ten, or the maximum.
Seite 370 - AM We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE, IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Seite 170 - Porter reports a general battle imminent. Franklin's corps should move out by forced marches, carrying three or four days' provisions, and to be supplied, as far as possible, by railroad.
Seite 112 - Had I 20,000 or even 10,000 fresh troops to use to-morrow, I could take Richmond, but I have not a man in reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat, and save the material and personnel of the army. If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our honor, and no one need blush for the Army of the Potomac.
Seite 76 - That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces.
Seite 184 - Pennsylvania to draw your forces in that direction, then suddenly move on Washington with the forces south of the Potomac and those he may cross over.
Seite 295 - It had been our supreme effort — on the instant we were not equal to another. Up to the rifle pits, across them, over the barricades — the momentum of their charge, the mere machine strength of their combined action swept them on. Our thin line could fight, but it had not weight enough to oppose to this momentum.
Seite 306 - McClellan ; with others there is a dislike to some of the measures of the government ; they do not like the way the negro question is handled. And, again, the impression is made upon my mind that there are some who have no faith in this war, who have no heart in it...