Patterns in American History, Volume 1Alexander DeConde, Armin Rappaport, William R. Steckel |
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... military education , and he had had no military experience except briefly as a militia soldier in the Black Hawk War , when , as he liked to recall , he had made some ferocious charges on the wild onions and engaged in bloody struggles ...
... military education , and he had had no military experience except briefly as a militia soldier in the Black Hawk War , when , as he liked to recall , he had made some ferocious charges on the wild onions and engaged in bloody struggles ...
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... military break- down and refused to exercise his functions . Fundamentally Halleck was unfit for the post of General ... military information and advice . In addition , he dis- covered that Halleck was extremely valuable as a medium of ...
... military break- down and refused to exercise his functions . Fundamentally Halleck was unfit for the post of General ... military information and advice . In addition , he dis- covered that Halleck was extremely valuable as a medium of ...
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... military system such mistakes would not have arisen and the tragedy would have been averted . Upton's dictum that " 20,000 regular troops at Bull Run would have routed the insurgents , settled the question of military resistance and ...
... military system such mistakes would not have arisen and the tragedy would have been averted . Upton's dictum that " 20,000 regular troops at Bull Run would have routed the insurgents , settled the question of military resistance and ...
Contents
THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING | 1 |
John B Brebner The Patterns of the Continent | 10 |
Semple The Rivers and the Appalachian Barrier | 17 |
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