Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, Volume 3Clement Anselm Evans Confederate publishing Company, 1899 |
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... ridge , " generally a sharply - defined line of escarpment . 2. The Midland is the undulating higher plain of the Atlantic slope , somewhat triangular in form , that ex- tends from the eastern rim of the " ridge " westward to the broken ...
... ridge , " generally a sharply - defined line of escarpment . 2. The Midland is the undulating higher plain of the Atlantic slope , somewhat triangular in form , that ex- tends from the eastern rim of the " ridge " westward to the broken ...
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... ridge border , while its included mountain ranges and Blue ridge spurs vary in altitude from 1,000 to 4,000 feet . It is a genuine piedmont , or foot - of - mountain country , that extends for a distance of over 300 miles along the ...
... ridge border , while its included mountain ranges and Blue ridge spurs vary in altitude from 1,000 to 4,000 feet . It is a genuine piedmont , or foot - of - mountain country , that extends for a distance of over 300 miles along the ...
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... ridge , the Valley , Appalachia and Trans - Appa- lachia , where are broad areas over 4,000 feet above the sea level , and to the still higher ridges of the southwest- ern Blue ridge and of western Appalachia , where flour- ish the ...
... ridge , the Valley , Appalachia and Trans - Appa- lachia , where are broad areas over 4,000 feet above the sea level , and to the still higher ridges of the southwest- ern Blue ridge and of western Appalachia , where flour- ish the ...
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... ridge into the famous Shenandoah valley , and in 1730 became the deputy postmaster - general of all the colonies . When the French and Indian war of 1750 began , and France claimed the territory drained by the Ohio , Vir- ginia had a ...
... ridge into the famous Shenandoah valley , and in 1730 became the deputy postmaster - general of all the colonies . When the French and Indian war of 1750 began , and France claimed the territory drained by the Ohio , Vir- ginia had a ...
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... ridge , was throughout a prosperous agricultural region , while most of its counties southwest of the Rappahannock basin were extensively engaged in the production of heavy tobaccos , hence slave labor was there found profitable . The ...
... ridge , was throughout a prosperous agricultural region , while most of its counties southwest of the Rappahannock basin were extensively engaged in the production of heavy tobaccos , hence slave labor was there found profitable . The ...
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A. P. Hill advance army of Northern artillery assault attack battalion batteries Beauregard Blue ridge bridge Brig.-Gen brigade brigadier-general camp campaign Captain captured cavalry Cheat mountain colonel command Confederate corps Court House creek crossed D. H. Hill defense division drove Early Early's encamped enemy enemy's engaged eral Ewell Ewell's Federal army field fight fire flank ford Fredericksburg Front Royal ginia Grant guard guns Hancock Harper's Ferry Hill's Hooker's Infantry regiment intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James John Johnston Lee's lieutenant lieutenant-colonel line of battle Longstreet major Manassas McClellan ment miles military militia morning move movement night Northern Virginia numbers ordered pickets position Potomac promptly railroad Rappahannock reached rear reinforcements reported retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sharpsburg Shenandoah valley skirmishers South Spottsylvania Court House Staunton Stonewall brigade Stuart tion took troops turnpike vicinity Virginia Central railroad Washington William Winchester wounded
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Page 548 - GENERAL :-The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.
Page 379 - 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.
Page 37 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 549 - In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender...
Page 550 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate ; one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 39 - An ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution...
Page 37 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 387 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
Page 305 - I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence.
Page 552 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that...