The Life and Campaigns of General LeeChatto and Windus, 1875 - 336 páginas |
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... President , it became subject to the meddling of democratic passions . Whatever may be the tradition in America to regard the authors of this Constitution of 1787 as public idols , sad experience has proved to us that their work ...
... President , it became subject to the meddling of democratic passions . Whatever may be the tradition in America to regard the authors of this Constitution of 1787 as public idols , sad experience has proved to us that their work ...
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... President of the Colonial Council , and Governor of Virginia , the first man of American birth named to this post by the English Government . Three of his sons played a remarkable part in the War of Inde- pendence : Richard Henry Lee ...
... President of the Colonial Council , and Governor of Virginia , the first man of American birth named to this post by the English Government . Three of his sons played a remarkable part in the War of Inde- pendence : Richard Henry Lee ...
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... President's Message . His views of the systematic and progressive efforts of certain people at the North to interfere with and change the domestic institutions of the South , are truthfully and faithfully expressed . The consequences of ...
... President's Message . His views of the systematic and progressive efforts of certain people at the North to interfere with and change the domestic institutions of the South , are truthfully and faithfully expressed . The consequences of ...
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... President Buchanan , on the advice of his Secretary of War , summoned Colonel Lee , and confided to him the care of the operations against Harper's Ferry . Hastily gathering some troops , Lee arrived on the scene of the insurrection ...
... President Buchanan , on the advice of his Secretary of War , summoned Colonel Lee , and confided to him the care of the operations against Harper's Ferry . Hastily gathering some troops , Lee arrived on the scene of the insurrection ...
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... presidents , " as it was called - six of the thirteen presidents ( before 1861 ) having been Virginians by birth ... President Lincoln's proclamation demanding 75,000 men to restrain the separated states by force , left Virginia no ...
... presidents , " as it was called - six of the thirteen presidents ( before 1861 ) having been Virginians by birth ... President Lincoln's proclamation demanding 75,000 men to restrain the separated states by force , left Virginia no ...
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A. P. Hill adversary arms army of Northern arrived artillery assault attack bank batteries battle bridge brigades campaign cannon cavalry centre Chancellorsville CHATTO & WINDUS Chickahominy cloth extra Colonel columns command Confederate army Confederate line corps Court House crossed Crown 8vo D. H. Hill defeat defence defile division Edition enemy enemy's Ewell Federal army fire flank forces Ford Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg Gettysburg gilt Gordonsville Grant Hagerstown Harper's Ferry heights Hooker hostile infantry Jackson James River Johnston latter Lee's Longstreet MacClellan MacDowell Manassas Maryland Meade Mechanicsville miles military morning movement night North Northern army o'clock obliged occupied officers Pamunkey passed Petersburg PICCADILLY Pope position Potomac President prisoners PUBLISHED BY CHATTO R. E. LEE railway Rapidan Rappahannock regiments remained rendered retired retreat Richmond road Shenandoah Valley side slavery soldiers South Southern square miles struggle Stuart took troops United Valley victory Warrenton Washington wounded
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