Our Great Captains: Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and FarragutC.B. Richardson, 1866 - 292 pages |
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... rivers , may be performed with celerity and certainty , may prove entirely impos- sible in a mountainous , heavily - wooded country , with swamps , thickets , miry streams , and wretched roads . We must , then , in judging of the ...
... rivers , may be performed with celerity and certainty , may prove entirely impos- sible in a mountainous , heavily - wooded country , with swamps , thickets , miry streams , and wretched roads . We must , then , in judging of the ...
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... river . Here , in June , 1821 , he married Hannah Simp- son , the daughter of an emigrant from Pennsylvania , and , like himself , a native of that State . The home of the young couple was at Point Pleasant , on the Ohio river , in ...
... river . Here , in June , 1821 , he married Hannah Simp- son , the daughter of an emigrant from Pennsylvania , and , like himself , a native of that State . The home of the young couple was at Point Pleasant , on the Ohio river , in ...
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... his regiment , then at Jefferson Barracks , near St. Louis , was required to perform the duties of a private soldier . In 1844 he removed with his regiment up the Red river , in Louisiana . There began 14 OUR GREAT CAPTAINS .
... his regiment , then at Jefferson Barracks , near St. Louis , was required to perform the duties of a private soldier . In 1844 he removed with his regiment up the Red river , in Louisiana . There began 14 OUR GREAT CAPTAINS .
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... river , in Louisiana . There began now to be rumors of war between Mexico and the United States , in consequence of the annexation of Texas , and in 1845 General Taylor was sent to the border in command of an " army of occupation ...
... river , in Louisiana . There began now to be rumors of war between Mexico and the United States , in consequence of the annexation of Texas , and in 1845 General Taylor was sent to the border in command of an " army of occupation ...
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... river ' and Cape Girardeau roads , except one pumpkin pie , Lieutenant Wickfield is hereby ordered to return with an escort of one hundred cavalry and eat that pie also . " U. S. GRANT , " Brigadier - general commanding . " To attempt ...
... river ' and Cape Girardeau roads , except one pumpkin pie , Lieutenant Wickfield is hereby ordered to return with an escort of one hundred cavalry and eat that pie also . " U. S. GRANT , " Brigadier - general commanding . " To attempt ...
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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.
Page 91 - He that is slow to anger," saith the sage, " is greater than the mighty, and he that ruleth his own spirit than he that taketh a city.
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.
Page 275 - Soldiers of the Armies of the United States : " By your patriotic devotion to your country in the hour of danger and alarm, your magnificent fighting, bravery, and endurance, you have maintained the supremacy of the Union and the Constitution...
Page 275 - Victory has crowned your valor, and secured the purpose of your patriotic hearts; and, with the gratitude of your countrymen, and the highest honors a great and free nation can accord, you will soon be permitted to return to your homes and families, conscious of having discharged the highest duty of American citizens. To achieve these glorious triumphs, and secure to yourselves, your...
Page 88 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 171 - He stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now, by thunder, sir, we stand by each other!
Page 164 - Not being fully empowered by our respective principals to fulfil these terms, we individually and officially pledge ourselves to promptly obtain the necessary authority, and to carry out the above programme.
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.