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... Tennessee . Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , Georgia , and Louisiana held moderate opinions , and were ready to adopt any honourable means to preserve the unity of the party and country . The conduct of the South Carolina ...
... Tennessee . Maryland , Virginia , North Carolina , Georgia , and Louisiana held moderate opinions , and were ready to adopt any honourable means to preserve the unity of the party and country . The conduct of the South Carolina ...
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... Tennessee , who had rep- resented the United States at the Court of St Petersburg , where this lady was born . She was a kinswoman of Ewell , and said to have been his early love . He brought her to New Orleans in 1866 , where I ...
... Tennessee , who had rep- resented the United States at the Court of St Petersburg , where this lady was born . She was a kinswoman of Ewell , and said to have been his early love . He brought her to New Orleans in 1866 , where I ...
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... Tennessee . This officer had requested the War Department to assign me to duty with his army as chief of staff , and it was suggested to me to call on him en route . He had reached Chattanooga in advance of his troops , then moving from ...
... Tennessee . This officer had requested the War Department to assign me to duty with his army as chief of staff , and it was suggested to me to call on him en route . He had reached Chattanooga in advance of his troops , then moving from ...
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... Tennessee . Possessing experience in and talent for war , he was the most laborious of commanders , devoting every moment to the discharge of his duties . As a disciplinarian he far surpassed any of the senior Confederate generals ; but ...
... Tennessee . Possessing experience in and talent for war , he was the most laborious of commanders , devoting every moment to the discharge of his duties . As a disciplinarian he far surpassed any of the senior Confederate generals ; but ...
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... Tennessee , through Cumber- land Gap , and , defeating the Federals in a spirited action at Richmond , Kentucky , reached Lexington , in the centre of the State , and threatened Cincinnati . Bragg moved on a line west of the Cumberland ...
... Tennessee , through Cumber- land Gap , and , defeating the Federals in a spirited action at Richmond , Kentucky , reached Lexington , in the centre of the State , and threatened Cincinnati . Bragg moved on a line west of the Cumberland ...
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