Southern Quarterly Review, 18. köideDaniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1850 |
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Page 443
... Fort Brown should have been abandoned , and the army concen- trated on its base . The reasons for the course adopted , are to us unanswerable , whatever " all the experience of war " may have advised . 1st . Taylor had pledged himself ...
... Fort Brown should have been abandoned , and the army concen- trated on its base . The reasons for the course adopted , are to us unanswerable , whatever " all the experience of war " may have advised . 1st . Taylor had pledged himself ...
Page 447
... Fort Brown would either have held out during the same period , or have honorably capitulated . Time would , in consequence , have been lost , the morale of the army would have been weakened , and harder fighting been required for the ...
... Fort Brown would either have held out during the same period , or have honorably capitulated . Time would , in consequence , have been lost , the morale of the army would have been weakened , and harder fighting been required for the ...
Page 449
... Fort Brown , and not taken , to encumber them , to Point Isabel . In this case , it would have been little more ser- viceable for instant want , than boats previously provided , and kept at the fort . But , let us resume our narrative ...
... Fort Brown , and not taken , to encumber them , to Point Isabel . In this case , it would have been little more ser- viceable for instant want , than boats previously provided , and kept at the fort . But , let us resume our narrative ...
Contents
SUMMER TRAVEL IN THE SOUTH | 24 |
TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTHCAROLINA by | 66 |
HISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE | 85 |
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