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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: August 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], The news from Europe. (search)
illing subscription for a testimonial to General Beauregard in admiration of his skillful generalship. The London Herald says a report had been received that Napoleon, on receipt of the intelligence of the defeat of the Northern army, decided to recognize the Southern Confederacy. Queen Victoria, in her speech at the prorspiracy has been discovered in St. Petersburg, to put aside the Emperor and family, and to give a constitution to Russia. The King of Sweden is the guest of Napoleon at Paris. The Paris Moniteur announces that the King of Prussia has sent an autograph letter to Napoleon. It is reported that his contemplated visit is posNapoleon. It is reported that his contemplated visit is postponed, it not abandoned, and that the King desires to visit the camp at Chalons if accompanied by the German princes who met at Baden last year. He does not wish to appear as acting apart from them. Sir Henry Bulwer had had an audience with the Sultan of Turkey. The latter expressed his deep sense of friendship for England
The Daily Dispatch: August 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], The bivouac. (search)
nd is their bed. And it is curious to observe how the perfection of the art of arms, in modern times, causes a return to these simple practices of barbarians. As the world became civilized, armies were provided with tents. A camp is like a city of white roofs, which, as the host moves on, disappears from one valley in the morning, and re-appears in another at night, as if by magic. But it is a magic with labor in it, and is accomplished only with a large outlay of time and toil. Napoleon, who revolutionized everything in war, revolutionized this. He left the camps and the long lines of heavy and slow moving wagons behind. His soldiers built their fires where they halted; the foragers swept the country for provisions; supper and bed were improvised beside the blaze; and in the morning, at the sound of the drum and trumpet, the army rose to its feet as one man, ready for the march. There was no camp to take care of; and the legions of the conqueror were on the enemy while