Our Great Captains: Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and FarragutC.B. Richardson, 1866 - 292 pages |
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... fighting , was General Grant ? That he was in the battle during the day was admitted , and was , indeed , evident from his own re- port , though , with characteristic modesty , he does not state when he reached the field . But his ...
... fighting , was General Grant ? That he was in the battle during the day was admitted , and was , indeed , evident from his own re- port , though , with characteristic modesty , he does not state when he reached the field . But his ...
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... fighting of that day , but fresh and ready for the severe work of the morrow . General Nelson's division of Buell's army crossed the river during the night , and were also ready to com- mence fighting at dawn ; but the remainder of ...
... fighting of that day , but fresh and ready for the severe work of the morrow . General Nelson's division of Buell's army crossed the river during the night , and were also ready to com- mence fighting at dawn ; but the remainder of ...
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... fighting was general along the whole line , and though the rebels maintained their position with great tenacity at some points , and were urged forward by their leaders , they at length began to break , and , when the remainder of ...
... fighting was general along the whole line , and though the rebels maintained their position with great tenacity at some points , and were urged forward by their leaders , they at length began to break , and , when the remainder of ...
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... fighting an indecisive battle at Perryville , suffered him to make good his escape , with his plunder , into Tennessee again . This expedition of General Bragg was only one portion of a combined movement of the rebels , having for its ...
... fighting an indecisive battle at Perryville , suffered him to make good his escape , with his plunder , into Tennessee again . This expedition of General Bragg was only one portion of a combined movement of the rebels , having for its ...
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... and reached Baton Rouge on the 1st of May , at the time Grant was fighting the battle of Port Gibson . Other raids were ordered about the same time from Middle Tennessee , which aided in breaking up the railroad com- 56 OUR GREAT CAPTAINS .
... and reached Baton Rouge on the 1st of May , at the time Grant was fighting the battle of Port Gibson . Other raids were ordered about the same time from Middle Tennessee , which aided in breaking up the railroad com- 56 OUR GREAT CAPTAINS .
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Admiral advance April artillery assault Atlanta attack batteries battle Bragg bridge brigade Brigadier-General Buell Burkesville camp campaign Captain captured Carolina cavalry charge Charleston Chattanooga Colonel Colonel Sherman columns command compelled Corinth creek crossed Cumberland defeated drive drove duty East Tennessee enemy enemy's eral expedition Farragut Fifth corps fighting fire flank Fort Buckner Fort Donelson forts forward front garrison Grant gunboats guns Halleck headquarters hill Hood hundred infantry intrenchments Johnston Lieutenant Lieutenant-General loss Major-General mand Meantime Memphis ment miles Mississippi morning moved movement Nashville nearly night North North Carolina occupied officers Ohio ordered pontoon position prisoners railroad reached rear rebel army rebel force regiment reinforcements retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans route Savannah Schofield sent Shenandoah Sheridan Sherman skirmishing South squadron success supplies surrender Tennessee Tennessee river Thomas Thomas's thousand tion Union army Union troops Vicksburg Virginia W. T. SHERMAN West wounded
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Page 88 - This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside.
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Page 33 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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Page 69 - You have secured positions from which no rebellious power can drive or dislodge you. For all this the General commanding thanks you collectively and individually. The loyal people of the United States thank and bless you. Their hopes and prayers for your success against this unholy rebellion are with you daily. Their faith in you will not be in vain. Their hopes will not be blasted. Their prayers to Almighty God will be answered. You will...
Page 43 - I now, to question anything done by General Buell and his army, and know that, approaching our field of battle from the rear, he encountered that sickening crowd of laggards and fugitives that excited his contempt and that of his army,- who never gave full credit to those in the front line, who did fight hard, and who had, at four PM, checked the enemy, and were preparing the next day to assume the offensive.