McClellan; a Vindication of the Military Career of General George B. McClellan: A Lawyer's BriefNeale publishing Company, 1916 - 458 pages |
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A. P. Hill action Administration advance Antietam artillery assault attack authority batteries Battles and Leaders bridge Bull Run Burnside campaign capital capture cavalry CHAPTER Chickahominy Civil Clellan coast route Colonel command condition Confederate D. H. Hill defense delay Department despatch division doubt enemy eral favorable Federal fight force Fort Monroe Fortress Monroe Franklin garrison Government Grant guns Halleck Harper's Ferry Heintzelman Hooker hostile Ibid Jackson James River Johnston July June Lee's letter Lincoln Longstreet Maj.-Gen Malvern Hill Manassas McClel McClellan McClellan's plan McDowell ment miles move movement navy never North numbers officers Official Record operations Peninsula political Pope Porter position Potomac President re-enforcements reached Rebellion regiments reinforcements result Richmond road says Secretary Secretary of War sent soldiers South Southern Stanton Story success Sumner supplies sure Swinton tion troops Union army United victory Virginia War Department Washington West Point writers Yorktown
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Page 184 - ... and day, up to their waists in water, to complete them. " The whole face of the country is a perfect bog, entirely impassable for artillery, or even cavalry, except directly in the narrow roads, which renders any general movement, either of this or the rebel army, entirely out of the question until we have more favorable weather. "I am glad to learn that you are pushing forward reinforcements so vigorously.
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