The Great Events by Famous Historians: A Comprehensive and Readable Account of the World's History, Emphasizing the More Important Events, and Presenting These as Complete Narratives in the Master-words of the Most Eminent Historians ...National Alumni, 1905 - 440 pages |
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Page xv
... thousand more volunteers , and they came forward readily , eagerly , to " fight for the flag . " The war did not fairly begin until 1862 , when a series of gigantic conflicts ensued be- tween such well - matched foes , contested with ...
... thousand more volunteers , and they came forward readily , eagerly , to " fight for the flag . " The war did not fairly begin until 1862 , when a series of gigantic conflicts ensued be- tween such well - matched foes , contested with ...
Page xvi
... thousands of its victims . Sherman , Grant's lieutenant , having crushed the Confederates in the West , cut loose from his line of communication and supply and marched his army across the richest State of the South , destroying the ...
... thousands of its victims . Sherman , Grant's lieutenant , having crushed the Confederates in the West , cut loose from his line of communication and supply and marched his army across the richest State of the South , destroying the ...
Page xxiii
... thousand men , headed by Napoleon himself , was compelled to surrender at Sedan . " Napoleon's popularity , already at lowest ebb , perished com- pletely with the disaster at Sedan . As the scandalous lack of preparation for the war had ...
... thousand men , headed by Napoleon himself , was compelled to surrender at Sedan . " Napoleon's popularity , already at lowest ebb , perished com- pletely with the disaster at Sedan . As the scandalous lack of preparation for the war had ...
Page 28
... thousand strong , composed of the Second ( David Hunter's ) and Third ( Samuel P. Heintzelman's ) divisions , which , starting from their camps a mile or two east and southeast of Centerville , were to make a consider- able détour to ...
... thousand strong , composed of the Second ( David Hunter's ) and Third ( Samuel P. Heintzelman's ) divisions , which , starting from their camps a mile or two east and southeast of Centerville , were to make a consider- able détour to ...
Page 31
... thousand men of General Johnston's division . General Smith heard , while on the Manassas railroad cars , the roar of battle . He stopped the train and hurried his troops across the fields to the point just where he was most needed ...
... thousand men of General Johnston's division . General Smith heard , while on the Manassas railroad cars , the roar of battle . He stopped the train and hurried his troops across the fields to the point just where he was most needed ...
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