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... Victory , 10 A.M.- The Attack suspended by News of Sedgwick's Advance , 1 P.M. - Fight on Marye's Heights - The Assault on Marye's Hill and Lee's Hill at 11 A.M. - Fight at 5 P.M. on Salem Heights - Remarks on the Operations of the ...
... Victory , 10 A.M.- The Attack suspended by News of Sedgwick's Advance , 1 P.M. - Fight on Marye's Heights - The Assault on Marye's Hill and Lee's Hill at 11 A.M. - Fight at 5 P.M. on Salem Heights - Remarks on the Operations of the ...
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... victory . But the opportunity , like all great chances , was likely to be of very short duration . In the valley of the Mississippi the Fede- rals had accumulated superior forces to the Confederates ; Tennessee had been overrun and New ...
... victory . But the opportunity , like all great chances , was likely to be of very short duration . In the valley of the Mississippi the Fede- rals had accumulated superior forces to the Confederates ; Tennessee had been overrun and New ...
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... victory . The weather was hot and the short march to the banks of the Bull Run severely tried the powers of the young Federal army . army . McDowell's plan of campaign had been for a simultaneous offensive by all the Federal forces in ...
... victory . The weather was hot and the short march to the banks of the Bull Run severely tried the powers of the young Federal army . army . McDowell's plan of campaign had been for a simultaneous offensive by all the Federal forces in ...
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... victory was the sole consolation of the North at this period , and it greatly raised the credit of the successful general , to whom was entrusted at once the task of reorganising the Army of the Potomac . For a brief period he was given ...
... victory was the sole consolation of the North at this period , and it greatly raised the credit of the successful general , to whom was entrusted at once the task of reorganising the Army of the Potomac . For a brief period he was given ...
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... victory he stands very high in the list of great military statesmen . He was but thirty- seven years of age when appointed to the most responsible post in the Federal army , and , in spite of his failings , it is probably true that he ...
... victory he stands very high in the list of great military statesmen . He was but thirty- seven years of age when appointed to the most responsible post in the Federal army , and , in spite of his failings , it is probably true that he ...
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