Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volumen5Century Company, 1917 |
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... direction of one head , and that head should have large dis- cretionary powers . Such a position is one of very great responsibility , involving and requiring large experience and extensive military knowledge , and I know of no one so ...
... direction of one head , and that head should have large dis- cretionary powers . Such a position is one of very great responsibility , involving and requiring large experience and extensive military knowledge , and I know of no one so ...
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... direction a few months later . He saw that Columbus , his primary objective point , was lost for the present ; but he also perceived that another , of perhaps equal strategical value , yet lay within his grasp , though , clearly , there ...
... direction a few months later . He saw that Columbus , his primary objective point , was lost for the present ; but he also perceived that another , of perhaps equal strategical value , yet lay within his grasp , though , clearly , there ...
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... direction of affairs in that quarter . By the time Sherman returned from his mission the crisis had developed itself . VOL . V. - 4 Buckner Sept. 13 , 1861 . W. R. Vol . CHAP . III . The appearance of Polk's forces at THE TENNESSEE LINE 49.
... direction of affairs in that quarter . By the time Sherman returned from his mission the crisis had developed itself . VOL . V. - 4 Buckner Sept. 13 , 1861 . W. R. Vol . CHAP . III . The appearance of Polk's forces at THE TENNESSEE LINE 49.
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... directions , and the " camp drill , " shorn of its guiding spirits , proved powerless for the mis- chievous ends which had evidently been intended . At Louisville General Anderson lost no time in an effort to meet Buckner's advance ...
... directions , and the " camp drill , " shorn of its guiding spirits , proved powerless for the mis- chievous ends which had evidently been intended . At Louisville General Anderson lost no time in an effort to meet Buckner's advance ...
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... direction of military affairs : On or about the 5th of October ( the exact day to be determined hereafter ) I wish a movement made to seize and hold a point on the railroad connecting Virginia and Tennessee , near the mountain pass ...
... direction of military affairs : On or about the 5th of October ( the exact day to be determined hereafter ) I wish a movement made to seize and hold a point on the railroad connecting Virginia and Tennessee , near the mountain pass ...
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advance April arms army attack batteries battle Beauregard blockade Bowling Green brigade Buckner Buell Butler Cabinet Cairo camp campaign capture CHAP Columbus command Confederate Congress coöperation Corinth Cumberland Cumberland Gap Curtis Davis defense Department dispatch division Donelson duty East Tennessee enemy enemy's eral expedition Farragut Federal fire flag fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Monroe forts Frémont Government Grant gunboats guns Halleck immediately Island Jefferson Davis Johnston Kentucky land letter Manassas March McClellan ment Merrimac miles military Mississippi Missouri Monroe move movement Nashville naval Navy North officers operations Orleans Port position Potomac President Lincoln prisoners railroad rebel rebellion reënforcements regiments Report retreat Richmond road Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent Sherman ships slaves South Stanton steamer surrender telegraphed Tennessee River tion troops Union vessels victory VIII W. R. Vol Washington West whole wrote