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Page iii
... movements of which he was not an eye - witness . In the introduction is noted some points of great importance , viewed in their relations to subsequent events . In the Appendix will be found sketches of the Rhode Island infantry and ...
... movements of which he was not an eye - witness . In the introduction is noted some points of great importance , viewed in their relations to subsequent events . In the Appendix will be found sketches of the Rhode Island infantry and ...
Page xvi
... movements of armies , are to be judged from the stand - point of their own time . The popular voice then was for conciliation , and the report of the Rhode Island delegates shows that , to ensure tranquility to the country , they were ...
... movements of armies , are to be judged from the stand - point of their own time . The popular voice then was for conciliation , and the report of the Rhode Island delegates shows that , to ensure tranquility to the country , they were ...
Page xxxi
... movement will be a conspicuous fact in her military history . The exposed condition of the Rhode Island coast , and es- pecially of Narragansett Bay , in the event of war , had been , for many years , the subject of comment , and the ...
... movement will be a conspicuous fact in her military history . The exposed condition of the Rhode Island coast , and es- pecially of Narragansett Bay , in the event of war , had been , for many years , the subject of comment , and the ...
Page xxxiv
... movements , how- ever , were observed ; and the falling back of our army upon Centreville and Chantilly , where Sedgwick's ( 6th ) Corps occu- pied the extreme right of the line , with Kilpatrick's Cavalry protecting its flank ...
... movements , how- ever , were observed ; and the falling back of our army upon Centreville and Chantilly , where Sedgwick's ( 6th ) Corps occu- pied the extreme right of the line , with Kilpatrick's Cavalry protecting its flank ...
Page xxxv
... movement ; and though he made very thorough work in destroying the railroad as far as time permitted - thereby setting the Federals a suggestive example in their future raids - he was able to remove and destroy no more than two weeks ...
... movement ; and though he made very thorough work in destroying the railroad as far as time permitted - thereby setting the Federals a suggestive example in their future raids - he was able to remove and destroy no more than two weeks ...
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Page 122 - Your achievements of the last ten days have illustrated the valor and endurance of the American soldier. Attacked by superior forces, and without hope of reinforcements, you have succeeded in changing your base of operations by a flank movement, always regarded as the most hazardous of military expedients. You have saved all your material, all your trains, and all your guns except a few lost in battle, taking in return guns and colors from the enemy.
Page 171 - I should think it preferable to take the route nearest the enemy, disabling him to make an important move without your knowledge, and compelling him to keep his forces together for dread of you. The gaps would enable you to attack if you should wish. For a great part of th...
Page 36 - We will share all these together; and. when this sad war is over, we will return to our homes and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac.
Page 262 - By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this order, an order totally unexpected and unsolicited, I have no promises or pledges to make. The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo, let us have in view constantly the magnitude...
Page 156 - Believing that the people of Maryland possessed a spirit too lofty to submit to such a Government, the people of the South have long wished to aid you in throwing off this foreign yoke, to enable you again to enjoy the inalienable rights of freemen, and restore independence and sovereignty to your State.
Page 54 - The whole line of the Warwick, which really heads within a mile of Yorktown, is strongly defended by detached redoubts and other fortifications, armed with heavy and light guns. The approaches, except at Yorktown, are covered by the Warwick, over which there is but one, or, at most, two passages, both of which are covered by strong batteries.
Page 267 - Our task is not yet accomplished, and the commanding general looks to the army for greater efforts to drive from our soil every vestige of the presence of the invader.
Page 258 - Preparations were now made to advance upon Harrisburg; but on the night of the 28th information was received from a scout that the Federal army, having crossed the Potomac, was advancing northward, and that the head of the column had reached the South Mountains.
Page 191 - Congratulations to the Army of the Potomac. DECEMBER 22, 1862. To the Army of the Potomac : I have just read your commanding general's report of the battle of Fredericksburg. Although you were not successful, the attempt was not an error, nor the failure other than accident.
Page 241 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.