. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . General David E. Twiggs. General John E. Wool. THE FOUR GENERALS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AT THE OPENING OF THE WAR. 600 THE STORY OF it. The immense advantage to the general who rights a defensive battle canalways be estimated bj- a review of the Wilderness Cami^aign, as it iscalled. Grant lost over sixty thousuiRl men in the thirty days consumed inmarching the seventy-live miles from his starting point to his circumvallat-ing lines at
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . General David E. Twiggs. General John E. Wool. THE FOUR GENERALS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AT THE OPENING OF THE WAR. 600 THE STORY OF it. The immense advantage to the general who rights a defensive battle canalways be estimated bj- a review of the Wilderness Cami^aign, as it iscalled. Grant lost over sixty thousuiRl men in the thirty days consumed inmarching the seventy-live miles from his starting point to his circumvallat-ing lines at Richmond and Petersburg, while Lees loss was comparativelyvery light. At Cold Harbor en loute. when in obedience to an order toattack alongthe whole line, nearly the whole of (ii;ints army assailed the Southern linesof battle, and were terribly slaughtered, in a sixty minute contest CJrantlost thirteen thousand men. It is the only battle I ever fought that 1would not fight over again. he afterward said. Indeed, if Lee had not felt obliged to stop to defend his capital, but hadslowly retreated into the interior of Viiginia, and both sides had continued
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