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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 23 19 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 14 2 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 13 1 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. 8 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 8 8 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 22, 1862., [Electronic resource] 7 7 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 4 2 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 2 0 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 2 0 Browse Search
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography 2 0 Browse Search
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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 2 (search)
those that obtain in military operations in the plain. Thus mountain warfare readily admits of combined marches, which can seldom be employed in the plain. Such marches offer, in highland regions, no real danger, since the enemy is unable to throw himself between the columns: it is therefore sufficient that each column be strong enough to defend the valley in which it operates. Vial: Cours d'art et d'histoire Militaires, vol. II., p. 82. On this feature of mountain warfare, see also McDougall: Modern Warfare and Modern Artillery, p. 356. But the facility of the tactical defence of highlands renders it necessary for the assailant to seek to dislodge the enemy by manoeuvres rather than direct attack: in other words, he should manoeuvre offensively while he fights defensively; or, as Napoleon sums up the theory in one pregnant sentence, the genius of mountain warfare consists in occupying camp on the flanks or on the rear of the enemy, so as to leave him only the alternative of e
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 4 (search)
kahominy, he assumed an almost passive attitude, with his army, too, cut in twain by that fickle and difficult stream. Now, though a position á cheval on a river is not one which a general willingly assumes, it is frequently a necessity, and in that case he spans the stream with numerous bridges. If a stream divide a position at right angles, it should be spanned with as many bridges as would enable troops and guns to pass from one side to the other, as if no such feature existed. General McDougall: Modern Warfare and Modern Artillery, p. 107. It was necessary for General McClellan to pass the Chickahominy because it crossed his line of manoeuvre against Richmond; and it was also necessary for him to leave a force on the eastern side to cover his communications with his base at the White House; but this is not a situation in which one would assume a passive attitude with few and very imperfect connections between the divided wings. The passage of the Chickahominy was made by Cas
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
sing of the James afterwards realized by Grant, 168; promised reenforcements in the Peninsula, 170; ordered to join Pope at Aquia Creek, 171; advance towards Lee at Frederick, 197; gains copy of Lee's plan of Harper's Ferry advance, 201; arrived at South Mountain, 202; at Antietam—see Antietam; his inactivity after Antietam considered, 222; advance on Warrenton, 226; removed from command in favor of Burnside, 227; the close of his career, 225; his military character considered, 228. McDougall, General, on positions divided by rivers, 129; on angles in line of battle, 344. McDowell, General, appointed to lead the Potomac army, 42; time for preparation denied him, 42; withdrew from command, 61; suggested advance towards Richmond, 80; corps detached from McClellan to join in defence of Washington, 93; (Department of the Rappahannock) position during McClellan's advance, 122; at Fredericksburg with 30,000 men, 122; ordered by the administration to attack Richmond in co-operation wit