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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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The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], General Lee injured. (search)
ore, and the next day the bombardment of Fort McHenry took place. On the 8th of September, 1847, our troops gained a victory in front of Mexico, and on the 14th, (the anniversary of the entry of Jerusalem by Titus, and of the entry of Moscow by Napoleon,) they took possession of the city. It is worthy of remark that the allies landed in the Crimes on the 14th September, 1854, and one year after, on the 8th of September, carried Sebastopol by storm. Our leaders, no doubt, keep these mightimately connected with the proofs which establish the truth of Revolution, and therefore affected the eternal welfare of mankind. The entry into Moscow was also of great significance. It was the beginning of the end, so far as the fortunes of Napoleon were concerned.--But should our army push its successes so far as to enter Washington on the 14th, it will have accomplished a feat of far more memorable significance than any other of the events enumerated, save only the capture of Jerusalem.
The Daily Dispatch: September 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Gen. Lee. (search)
us looking man than the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate armies--General Lee. Take a human form, say five feet eight inches in height, its constituents well knit together, full in its proportions, and yet without superfluity. Add to it a well-shaped, squarely-built head, with a front whose every line is marked with energy and genius, a pair of keen, dark eyes — brown in the parlor, but black in the field — that seem to embrace everything at a glance; a handsomely-shaped nose, such as Napoleon liked to see on his Generals; a mouth indicative of an iron will, and a countenance whose natural expression is one of gentleness and benevolence; cover the head, mouth, and lower part of the face with a heavy growth of short gray hair; invest the whole figure with grace, and an unassuming consciousness of strength, purpose, and position; let it speak to you in a voice whose tones of politeness never vary, whether uttered to the highest or the lowest in rank, and you have as full and comple