The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 3Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 738 pages |
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Page 44
... reached Chester , on the Ohio River , on the 19th of July , he found himself surrounded by the Union forces . Hobson had closed in upon him from the east , Judah from the south , and White and Runkle from the north and west . The ...
... reached Chester , on the Ohio River , on the 19th of July , he found himself surrounded by the Union forces . Hobson had closed in upon him from the east , Judah from the south , and White and Runkle from the north and west . The ...
Page 58
... reached the conviction that their best interests demanded the ex- tinction of slavery , they were much divided in regard to the manner of ac- complishing it . Great as was the dis- cord on this subject , there was a unani- mous ...
... reached the conviction that their best interests demanded the ex- tinction of slavery , they were much divided in regard to the manner of ac- complishing it . Great as was the dis- cord on this subject , there was a unani- mous ...
Page 62
... reached here , " says the General , writ- ing from his headquarters at Kansas City , August 31 , 1863 , thirty - five miles north of Aubrey , at half - past eleven P.M .; the second , an hour later . Before one o'clock , Major Plumb ...
... reached here , " says the General , writ- ing from his headquarters at Kansas City , August 31 , 1863 , thirty - five miles north of Aubrey , at half - past eleven P.M .; the second , an hour later . Before one o'clock , Major Plumb ...
Page 63
... reaching there at five P.M. With this command , and a force of perhaps fifty citizens , and a part of Captain Beuter's ... reached there . One of the parties in search of the trail found it five miles . north of Paola , and reported the ...
... reaching there at five P.M. With this command , and a force of perhaps fifty citizens , and a part of Captain Beuter's ... reached there . One of the parties in search of the trail found it five miles . north of Paola , and reported the ...
Page 65
... reaching me at Leavenworth City , " adds General Ewing , " of the burning of Lawrence , and of the avowed purpose of ... reached Missouri , a large part of his men have abandoned their horses and taken to the brush afoot . The number of ...
... reaching me at Leavenworth City , " adds General Ewing , " of the burning of Lawrence , and of the avowed purpose of ... reached Missouri , a large part of his men have abandoned their horses and taken to the brush afoot . The number of ...
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