The Life and Campaigns of General LeeChatto and Windus, 1875 - 336 páginas |
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... Railways REFEREN DANVI News lampton via Comfort Stuart's reconnoitring expedition , June , 1862 . Macclellan's retreat , June , 1862 . Jackson's movement , Aug. 1862 ... Stuart's raid into Pennsylvania , Oct. 1862 ... Entry into ...
... Railways REFEREN DANVI News lampton via Comfort Stuart's reconnoitring expedition , June , 1862 . Macclellan's retreat , June , 1862 . Jackson's movement , Aug. 1862 ... Stuart's raid into Pennsylvania , Oct. 1862 ... Entry into ...
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... railways , drawing distant places nearer together , and facilitating the trans- port of provisions and war - material , no matter of what weight or bulk . Whatever might be done to destroy the iron ways , or render them useless to the ...
... railways , drawing distant places nearer together , and facilitating the trans- port of provisions and war - material , no matter of what weight or bulk . Whatever might be done to destroy the iron ways , or render them useless to the ...
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... railways , coming from the north , south , and west , -that is to say , from Washington , Richmond , and the Virginian Valley . This most important place was in the plain , and permitted any one who was master of it , either to block ...
... railways , coming from the north , south , and west , -that is to say , from Washington , Richmond , and the Virginian Valley . This most important place was in the plain , and permitted any one who was master of it , either to block ...
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... railway from Baltimore to Ohio , and of the river of this name ; both served as safe bases of operation . The Confederates , on their side , had only impassable roads , no railway , and no river which could be useful to them . " He came ...
... railway from Baltimore to Ohio , and of the river of this name ; both served as safe bases of operation . The Confederates , on their side , had only impassable roads , no railway , and no river which could be useful to them . " He came ...
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... railway , as the Allies did in the Crimea . But the truth is that iron and rails for a railway were precisely what were wanting in the South . In the long run , even the repair of the roads had to be neglected , whence it happened that ...
... railway , as the Allies did in the Crimea . But the truth is that iron and rails for a railway were precisely what were wanting in the South . In the long run , even the repair of the roads had to be neglected , whence it happened that ...
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A. P. Hill adversary arms arrived artillery assault attack bank batteries battle bridge brigades Bull's Run Burnside campaign cannon cavalry centre Chambersburg Chancellorsville Chickahominy chief cloth extra Colonel columns command Confederate army corps Court House crossed Crown 8vo D. H. Hill defeat defence defile division enemy enemy's Ewell Federal army fire flank forces Ford Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg gilt Gordonsville Hagerstown Harper's Ferry heights Hill's Hooker hostile infantry Jackson James River Johnston latter Lee's Longstreet MacClellan MacDowell Manassas Maryland Mechanicsville miles military morning mountains movement night North Northern army o'clock obliged occupied officers Pamunkey passed Pope position Potomac President prisoners PUBLISHED BY CHATTO R. E. LEE railway Rapidan Rappahannock rear regiments remained rendered repulsed retired retreat Richmond road Sharpsburg Shenandoah Valley side slavery soldiers South Southern square miles struggle Stuart succeeded took troops Valley victory Virginia waggons Warrenton Washington wing wounded
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