General ShermanD. Appleton, 1899 - 353 páginas |
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A. J. Smith advance army arrived artillery assault Atlanta Atlanta campaign attack bank battery battle Bayou Beauregard Bentonville Bluff Bragg bridge brigade Brown's Ferry Buell camp campaign captured cavalry Chattanooga Colonel Colquit command Confederate Corinth Creek crossed destroy dispatch division dred duty east enemy enemy's eral expedition farther fell back fire flank force Frémont front Georgia Grant guns Halleck Hardee Hardee's headquarters Hill Hood Hooker Howard hundred Hurlbut infantry intrenchments Jackson Johnston killed land Logan loss mand McClernand McPherson Memphis ment miles military Missionary Ridge Mississippi morning moved National night o'clock officers Ohio Osterhaus Pemberton pickets position President pushed railroad ravine re-enforcements reached rear regiments reported returned river road Sandtown Savannah Schofield sent Seventeenth Corps Sher Sherman skirmishers Smith swamp Tennessee Thomas thousand tion troops Tunnel Hill valley Vicksburg W. T. SHERMAN wagons Wallace Washington wounded Yazoo
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Página 301 - ... The President directs me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter.
Página 298 - The number of arms and munitions of war to be reported to the Chief of Ordnance at Washington City, subject to the future action of the Congress of the United States...
Página 264 - I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Página 23 - But for the three years' call made by the President an officer can prepare his command and do good service. I will not volunteer as a soldier, because, rightfully or wrongfully, I feel unwilling to take a -mere private's place, and, having for many years lived in Louisiana and California, the men are not well enough acquainted with me to elect me to my appropriate place.
Página 298 - States to be guaranteed, so far as the Executive can, their political rights and franchises, as well as their rights of person and property, as defined by the Constitution of the United States and of the States respectively.
Página 140 - The opinion was unanimously expressed that it was impossible to withdraw the army from this position with such morale and material as to be of further service to the Confederacy.
Página 37 - CF Smith in command of expedition, and remain yourself at Fort Henry. Why do you not obey my orders to report strength and positions of your command?
Página 196 - Here lies the seat of the coming empire, and from the West, when our task is done, we will make short work of Charleston and Richmond and the impoverished coast of the Atlantic.
Página 308 - The general commanding announces to the Armies of the Tennessee and Georgia that the time has come for us to part. Our work is done, and armed enemies no longer defy us. Some of you will go to your homes, and others will be retained in military service till further orders.