Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Bragg” in chapter 1.19, section c.1.19.119, page 275 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21.:
...d have been in it before dark and in quiet possession without firing a shot.
I know that they could not have captured Fort Fisher, and I agree with General Whiting, that but for the supineness of General Bragg , the 3,500 men who were landed would have been captured on Christmas night, and it is incomprehensible why he should have allowed the 700
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