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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 378 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 106 0 Browse Search
Emil Schalk, A. O., The Art of War written expressly for and dedicated to the U.S. Volunteer Army. 104 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1864., [Electronic resource] 66 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 46 0 Browse Search
John Esten Cooke, Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, and Adventures of War. 36 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 32 0 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 28 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 26 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 26 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Present: (search)
ory lying beyond the Alleghanies north and south was first won for us by Southwesterners fighting for their land. Survey also the regal possessions of the French, then called Louisiana, broadening out from the delta of the Mississippi along the right bank of that mighty river, in shape like an eagle's wing whose tip touched the British possessions on the north line of the present Dakotas, and covering ground nearly one-third the United States! That imperial region was seized in peace from Napoleon by the statesmanship of Southern men against the resentment of Great Britain and over the protesting fears of our timid countrymen who opposed the aggrandizement of our nation by territorial extension. Next came the acquisition of Florida from Spain, by which the same Southern policy secured that inviting realm of beauty, where the gentle climate invites the shivering Northerners to flee the wrath to come and revel in the luscious lures of orange groves. Will they not, while breathing the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.3 (search)
nous, it makes of the same man two different phantoms, and one attacks the other, and the darkness of the despot struggles with the lustre of the captain.“ In the language of Wendell Phillips: If I stood here to-night to tell you the story of Napoleon, I should take it from the lips of Frenchmen, who find no language rich enough to paint the great captain of the nineteenth century. Were I to tell you the story of Washington, I should take it from your hearts—you who think no marble white enoington, that Waterloo is a battle of the first class, won by a captain of the second. Hampton's brave men who dared to follow where he dared to lead saw no Waterloo, because that expressive word of defect was not written in their vocabulary. Napoleon said that detail facts belong rather to the biography of regiments than to the history of the army. I will, therefore, try to deal in facts as I remember them. In January, 1865, General Lee ordered Lieutenant-General Hampton, with General M
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
James N. Lewis, Ro. P. McCampbell, David A. McCluer, John G. Moore, John D. Morgan, George W. Phillips, James H. Raines, Archibald G. Silvey, James A. Smith, Joseph S. Thompson, John A. Trevy, Daniel J. Ayers, Napoleon B. Bane, Samuel R. Bumpus, William N., Jr. Conner, James A. Conner, Ro. P. Curran, Daniel Doran, John Ford, Henry F. Gibbs, John T., Jr. Gordon, William C. Harris, Bolin Johnson, William F. Lewis, Henry Ley Agner, John T. (or D.) Agner, Jonathan Agner, Joseph S. *Agner, McD. Agner, Samuel S. Alexander, Edgar S. Alexander, Eugene Alexander, John McD. Anderson, Samuel D. *Armistead, Charles J. Arnold, Abner E. Ayers, Napoleon B. *Bacon, Edloe P. *Bacon, Edloe P., Jr. Bacon, Philip E., Jr. *Baldwin, William Ludlow Bane, Samuel R. *Barger, William G. Barton, David R. Barton, Robert T. Beard, John R. Beard, William B. Bedinger, George R.