Life of General George Gordon Meade: Commander of the Army of the PotomacH.T. Coates, 1898 - 596 pages |
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Page xvii
... cavalry raid towards Char- lottesville . The Army of the Potomac moves out of its en- trenchments to make a change of base by crossing the James River . Just before it starts General Butler makes an attempt to capture Petersburg ...
... cavalry raid towards Char- lottesville . The Army of the Potomac moves out of its en- trenchments to make a change of base by crossing the James River . Just before it starts General Butler makes an attempt to capture Petersburg ...
Page xviii
... cavalry operations north of the James still going on . Cavalry expedition under General Wilson , south of the Appomattox , before Sheridan rejoins the army . He returns by a devious path to the lines of the army , shattered by loss of ...
... cavalry operations north of the James still going on . Cavalry expedition under General Wilson , south of the Appomattox , before Sheridan rejoins the army . He returns by a devious path to the lines of the army , shattered by loss of ...
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... cavalry excelled , gentlemen of the South regarding that branch as of especial distinction as com- pared with the other arms of the service , being imbued by tradition with the notions associated with the cavalier . Not only was there ...
... cavalry excelled , gentlemen of the South regarding that branch as of especial distinction as com- pared with the other arms of the service , being imbued by tradition with the notions associated with the cavalier . Not only was there ...
Page 31
... cavalry march by night over a pontoon - bridge muffled with hay , marching the men back on foot on the following morning , with the intention of leading the enemy to believe that TRUTHS AND POPULAR ERRORS ABOUT THE WAR . 31.
... cavalry march by night over a pontoon - bridge muffled with hay , marching the men back on foot on the following morning , with the intention of leading the enemy to believe that TRUTHS AND POPULAR ERRORS ABOUT THE WAR . 31.
Page 32
... Tactics , however , has a range beyond this , when the body of men called an army is not in action . In advancing it has an advance - guard , and if possible , flanking columns of cavalry . In 32 GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE .
... Tactics , however , has a range beyond this , when the body of men called an army is not in action . In advancing it has an advance - guard , and if possible , flanking columns of cavalry . In 32 GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE .
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A. P. Hill advance arrived artillery assault attack bridge brigade Bull Run Burnside capture cavalry Cemetery Hill Cemetery Ridge centre Centreville Chickahominy Colonel column command Confederate Court House Creek cross Culp's Hill D. H. Hill despatch direction division Eleventh Corps enemy enemy's entrenchments Federal field Fifth Corps fight finally force Ford Franklin Fredericksburg front Gettysburg Grant ground Halleck Hancock Harper's Ferry Hill Hooker Humphreys infantry Jackson James left flank left wing line of battle Little Round Top Longstreet Maryland Heights McClellan Meade Meade's ment miles military morning movement night Ninth Corps o'clock occupied orders Pamunkey passed Patterson Pennsylvania Reserves Petersburg Plank Road position Potomac Railroad Rapidan Rappahannock reached rear regiments reinforcements retreat Richmond right flank river Second Corps Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sickles Sickles's side Sixth Corps Station Third Corps thousand tion troops turnpike Twelfth Corps Valley Warren Washington White Oak Swamp