The Great Invasion of 1863: Or, General Lee in Pennsylvania. Embracing an Account of the Strength and Organization of the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia; Their Daily Marches with the Routes of Travel, and General Orders Issued; the Three Days of Battle; the Retreat of the Confederate and Pursuit by the Federals; Analytical Index ... with an Appendix Containing an Account of the Burning of Chamberburg, Pennsylvania, a Statement of the General Sickles Controversy, and Other Valuable Historic PapersW. J. Shuey, 1887 - 613 страница |
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... Army of the Potomac - Testimony of General George G. Meade - Strength of the Army of Northern Virginia - State- ment of Hon . Edward Everett , General James Longstreet , Colonel W. H. Taylor , and the Count of Paris - Confirmatory ...
... Army of the Potomac - Testimony of General George G. Meade - Strength of the Army of Northern Virginia - State- ment of Hon . Edward Everett , General James Longstreet , Colonel W. H. Taylor , and the Count of Paris - Confirmatory ...
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... Army - Manner of Marching - Per- fect Discipline - Behavior of the Men - Laughable Occurrences Depression and Discouragement of Some - Cases of Desertion Surprise at our Magnificent Country - Ignorance of what was going on while under ...
... Army - Manner of Marching - Per- fect Discipline - Behavior of the Men - Laughable Occurrences Depression and Discouragement of Some - Cases of Desertion Surprise at our Magnificent Country - Ignorance of what was going on while under ...
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... Army during the Night Before the First Day's Engagement ... Page 114 CHAPTER V. The Advance of the Federal Army . - General Hooker , advised of the whereabouts of the Confederate Army , crosses the Potomac and marches Northward - Daily ...
... Army during the Night Before the First Day's Engagement ... Page 114 CHAPTER V. The Advance of the Federal Army . - General Hooker , advised of the whereabouts of the Confederate Army , crosses the Potomac and marches Northward - Daily ...
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... Army - Federal and Confederate Losses during the Three Days of Battle .......... Page . 357 CHAPTER IX . Retreat of the Confederate Army . Relative Strength of the two Armies after the Battle - Federal Troops Available and within Reach ...
... Army - Federal and Confederate Losses during the Three Days of Battle .......... Page . 357 CHAPTER IX . Retreat of the Confederate Army . Relative Strength of the two Armies after the Battle - Federal Troops Available and within Reach ...
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... army as " a little under one hundred thousand men - probably ninety - five thousand men . " This being reliable is of course decisive , and establishes the number of men in the Army of the Potomac in the Pennsylvania campaign . This army ...
... army as " a little under one hundred thousand men - probably ninety - five thousand men . " This being reliable is of course decisive , and establishes the number of men in the Army of the Potomac in the Pennsylvania campaign . This army ...
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A. P. Hill advance Annals artillery assault attack batteries battle battle of Gettysburg Big Round Top brigade burg Captain captured cavalry Cemetery Hill Chambersburg Colonel column command Confederate army Creek crossed the Potomac Culp's Hill Culpeper direction division east Eleventh Corps Emmittsburg encamped enemy enemy's engagement eral Ewell federacy Federal army field Fifth Corps fire flank force Frederick front Funkstown Gettysburg Greencastle guns Hagerstown Harrisburg head-quarters Hill's Corps Hooker horses hundred Imboden infantry invasion Jenkins June Lee's Little Round Top Longstreet Major-General Maryland McConnellsburg McLaws Meade ment miles Milroy Monday morning moved movement night North o'clock officers passed Pennsylvania Pickett's pike position reached rear regiment retreat Ridge river road Rodes Round Top says scout Second Corps Seminary Ridge sent Sickles Sixth Corps soldiers South Mountain Stuart Third Corps thousand tion town troops Twelfth Corps valley wagons Washington Williamsport wounded
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