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... arrived on 29 September at Council Bluffs , where , about seven hundred miles above the mouth of the Missouri , they erected Fort Atkinson . One steamboat did reach Council Bluffs and was there when the main body of troops arrived in ...
... arrived on 29 September at Council Bluffs , where , about seven hundred miles above the mouth of the Missouri , they erected Fort Atkinson . One steamboat did reach Council Bluffs and was there when the main body of troops arrived in ...
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... arrived in barges , Jesup decided to make another attempt to contact Taylor . Instructing Eustis and his slower - moving force to follow , he advanced with about five hun- dred mounted men , dragoons , and volunteers , crossing Big ...
... arrived in barges , Jesup decided to make another attempt to contact Taylor . Instructing Eustis and his slower - moving force to follow , he advanced with about five hun- dred mounted men , dragoons , and volunteers , crossing Big ...
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... arrived at Lobos Island - selected as the rendezvous point because its protected harbor was spacious enough to accommodate the large fleet of ships being assembled for the Vera Cruz expedition . The island was about seven or eight miles ...
... arrived at Lobos Island - selected as the rendezvous point because its protected harbor was spacious enough to accommodate the large fleet of ships being assembled for the Vera Cruz expedition . The island was about seven or eight miles ...
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Glory on the Battlefield | 26 |
An Officer of Repute | 42 |
Birth of a Supply Bureau | 67 |
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