A Critical History of the Late American WarA.S. Barnes & Company, 1877 - 461 Seiten |
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... rear , and assaulting him , in combination with the army of the Potomac , have destroyed or captured the Confederate army in Virginia , and thus wiped out the rebellion in the States east of Savannah river . Or the same end could have ...
... rear , and assaulting him , in combination with the army of the Potomac , have destroyed or captured the Confederate army in Virginia , and thus wiped out the rebellion in the States east of Savannah river . Or the same end could have ...
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... rear of it , instantly detached his locomotive , and started at his best speed for Alexandria , leaving the cars to be burnt by the rebels , and the dead and wounded to be brought off in blankets by their surviving comrades . The rebels ...
... rear of it , instantly detached his locomotive , and started at his best speed for Alexandria , leaving the cars to be burnt by the rebels , and the dead and wounded to be brought off in blankets by their surviving comrades . The rebels ...
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... rear of McCulloch's right was attacked by Siegel . Taken by surprise , the Confederates at first recoiled in disorder . Becoming at length aware of the smallness of the force assaulting them , they returned and fought with desperate ...
... rear of McCulloch's right was attacked by Siegel . Taken by surprise , the Confederates at first recoiled in disorder . Becoming at length aware of the smallness of the force assaulting them , they returned and fought with desperate ...
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... rear , Hooker opened the battle at 7.30 a.m. , and , strange to relate , had to sustain the fight single handed until 4.30 p.m. At this time General Kearny arrived with his division , pushed to the front , and allowed Hooker to act as a ...
... rear , Hooker opened the battle at 7.30 a.m. , and , strange to relate , had to sustain the fight single handed until 4.30 p.m. At this time General Kearny arrived with his division , pushed to the front , and allowed Hooker to act as a ...
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... rear , and wearied out at that , and not over 25,000 strong in his front . Yes , General McClellan , when the occasion presented itself , you always forgot that you " had a gun , " and this was the sole cause of the sad failure of your ...
... rear , and wearied out at that , and not over 25,000 strong in his front . Yes , General McClellan , when the occasion presented itself , you always forgot that you " had a gun , " and this was the sole cause of the sad failure of your ...
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A. P. Hill advance army of Virginia arrived assault attack batteries battle battle of Antietam Bragg brave brigade Buell Burnside campaign capture cavalry centre Chancellorsville Chattanooga Chickahominy circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-Chief conduct Confederacy Confederate army Confederate forces consideration corps crossed crushing defeat direction division enemy enemy's facts federacy field fight flank movement fleet fortifications Fortress Monroe Franklin Fredericksburg Fremont front Grant guns Halleck Harper's Ferry Heintzelman Hooker immediate infantry invasion Jackson James river Johnston Kentucky Lee's army Longstreet loss Manassas mand McClellan McDowell ment miles military authorities mind Mississippi Missouri morning moved nation palpable passed Pleasanton Pope position Potomac President prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear Rebellion reinforced rendered retreat Richmond river road Rosecrans Savannah Sedgwick sent Sherman side soon strong Sumner surrender Tennessee tion troops undeniably Union army upwards Vicksburg victory Washington wounded
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Seite 67 - Columbia. 4. That this order be executed with such promptness and despatch as not to delay the commencement of the operations already directed to be undertaken by the Army of the Potomac.
Seite 161 - 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 93 - Had McClellan massed his whole force in column, and advanced it against any point of our line of battle, as was done at Austerlitz, under similar circumstances, by the greatest Captain of any age, though the head of his column would have suflered greatly, its momentum would have insured him success, and the occupation of our works about Richmond : and consequently the city might have been his reward.
Seite 291 - In the latter part of August or the early part of September the...
Seite 100 - 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 160 - not a moment must be lost in pushing as large a force as possible towards Manassas so as to communicate with Pope before the enemy is re-enforced.
Seite 66 - 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 172 - 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 192 - 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 281 - 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.