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H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 8 0 Browse Search
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz) 6 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 4 0 Browse Search
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies. 2 0 Browse Search
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2 2 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 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley) 2 0 Browse Search
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.) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1865., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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the ages of great soldiers, which show that in that department of human action, youth, with some illustrious exceptions, has carried off most of the laurels. Philip of Macedon, at the age of forty-five, had conquered all Greece. Alexander the Great gained a military reputation at the age of eighteen. At twenty-five he had conquered the world! Julius Cæsar distinguished himself before the age of twenty-two. He completed his first war in Spain before the age of forty. He conquered all Gaul and twice passed over to Britain before the age of forty-five. At fifty-two he had won the field of Pharsalla, and died at fifty-six, "the victor of five hundred battles, and the conqueror of a thousand cites. " Hannibal commenced his military career at twenty-two, and was made Commander-in-Chief of the Carthaginian army at twenty-six. He was victorious in Spain and France, and won the battle of Cannæ before the age of thirty-one. Scipio Africanus (the elder) distinguished himself in battl