Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General U.S. ArmyJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1865 - 396 Seiten |
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... soon made to feel that their path of progress was not without difficulties and dangers . At Cerro Gordo , sixty miles from Vera Cruz , a Mexican army , thirty - five thousand strong , under the command of General Santa Anna , was found ...
... soon made to feel that their path of progress was not without difficulties and dangers . At Cerro Gordo , sixty miles from Vera Cruz , a Mexican army , thirty - five thousand strong , under the command of General Santa Anna , was found ...
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... Soon after leaving Puebla , they were joined by General Scott , the commander - in - chief . Our troops entered the Valley of Mexico on the 10th , and General Scott fixed his head - quarters for the time at Ayotla , a vil- lage on the ...
... Soon after leaving Puebla , they were joined by General Scott , the commander - in - chief . Our troops entered the Valley of Mexico on the 10th , and General Scott fixed his head - quarters for the time at Ayotla , a vil- lage on the ...
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... soon as General Santa Anna learned this movement of the American forces , he withdrew the greater portion of his troops , with several pieces of artil- lery , from El Peñon and Mexicalcingo , where he had been expecting the first shock ...
... soon as General Santa Anna learned this movement of the American forces , he withdrew the greater portion of his troops , with several pieces of artil- lery , from El Peñon and Mexicalcingo , where he had been expecting the first shock ...
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... Soon , descending a little , you arrive at the edge of the sudden , precipitous descent that borders the valley of the Colum- bia . Words can hardly convey an idea of the view from this mountain . Somewhat to the north of west is a hand ...
... Soon , descending a little , you arrive at the edge of the sudden , precipitous descent that borders the valley of the Colum- bia . Words can hardly convey an idea of the view from this mountain . Somewhat to the north of west is a hand ...
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... soon driven back to their trenches with considerable loss , and effected nothing . Their at- tempts upon the Little Redan , and the works connect- ing it with the Malakoff , met with even less success than the English assault . The ...
... soon driven back to their trenches with considerable loss , and effected nothing . Their at- tempts upon the Little Redan , and the works connect- ing it with the Malakoff , met with even less success than the English assault . The ...
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advance Antietam arms army arrived artillery assault attack bank batteries battle battle of Antietam battle of Williamsburg bridge brigade camp campaign Captain McClellan cavalry Chickahominy Clellan Colonel command commander-in-chief conduct Confederate corps crossed defence despatch direction division duty enemy enemy's engineer execution field fight fire flank force Fortress Monroe fought Frémont front Gene general-in-chief Government guns Halleck Harper's Ferry head-quarters Heintzelman honor horses hundred intrenchments James River land letter Lieutenant McClellan Major-General Manassas mand McDowell McDowell's ment Merrimac Mexican miles military Mountain move movement o'clock occupied officers Ohio operations opinion party passed patriotism Peninsula Peninsular campaign position Potomac President railroad ral McClellan rear rebel received regiments reinforcements Report retreat Richmond road says Secretary Secretary of War sent soldiers success Sumner supplies thousand tion troops valley victory Washington West Point Western Virginia White Oak Swamp whole York River Yorktown
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Seite 334 - I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet! Would my word free the slaves, when I cannot even enforce the Constitution in the rebel States ? Is there a single court or magistrate or individual that would be influenced by it there ? And what reason is there to think it would have any greater effect upon the slaves than the late law of Congress, which I approved, and which offers protection and freedom to the...
Seite 178 - I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time. And if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will relatively gain upon you — that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcement than you can by reinforcements alone.
Seite 371 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more...
Seite 312 - The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south.
Seite 141 - MY DEAR SIR : You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the army of the Potomac: yours to be done by the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. " If you will give satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours:—
Seite 155 - That no more than two army corps (about fifty thousand troops) of said Army of the Potomac shall be moved en route for a new hase of operations until the navigation of the Potomac from Washington to the Chesapeake Bay shall be freed from enemy's batteries and other obstructions, or until the President shall hereafter give express permission.
Seite 258 - I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the Government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost.
Seite 204 - York rivers, than by a land march. In order, therefore, to increase the strength of the attack upon Richmond, at the earliest moment, General McDowell has been ordered to march upon that city by the shortest route. He is ordered, keeping himself always in position to...
Seite 116 - The American people will hear with sadness and deep emotion that General Scott has withdrawn from the active control of the Army, while the President and a unanimous Cabinet express their own and the nation's sympathy in his personal affliction, and their profound sense of the important public services rendered by him to his country during his long and brilliant career, among which will ever be...
Seite 161 - That the means of transportation, sufficient for an immediate transfer of the force to its new base, can be ready at Washington and Alexandria to move down the Potomac ; and,
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