Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . ith the greatesttelerity, but was brought to bay at Cross Keys, June 8, where a battle wasfought which checked Fre-monts advance. Next day Jack-son struck Shieldsdivision at Port Re-pub-lic, and compelled it to fall back with considerableless. Here the pursuit ended, and Jack-son moved leisurely to join Lees armyin the battles for the defense of Rich-mond. He had performed a greatservice. With only 20,000 men, he had, by the rapidity of his movements,thoroughly alarmed
Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood .. . ith the greatesttelerity, but was brought to bay at Cross Keys, June 8, where a battle wasfought which checked Fre-monts advance. Next day Jack-son struck Shieldsdivision at Port Re-pub-lic, and compelled it to fall back with considerableless. Here the pursuit ended, and Jack-son moved leisurely to join Lees armyin the battles for the defense of Rich-mond. He had performed a greatservice. With only 20,000 men, he had, by the rapidity of his movements,thoroughly alarmed the U-nit-ed States government for the safety of Wash-ing-ton, and had succeeded in occupying the attention of more than 60,000Un-ion troops, 40,000 of which, under the command of MDowell, were aboutto join MClel-lan in the Pen-in-su-la. The great army of nearly 200,000 men, under General MClellan whichlay along the Po-to-mac during the winter of 1861-62, began to move forwardtoward Ma-nas-sas on the loth of March, the enemy retiring as it Un-ion army presently returned to its camp near Wash-ing-ton, and it.
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