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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...One is excited, and another is cool and collected. Men live fast in battle. Every nerve is excited, every sense intensified, and it is only by taking the accounts of different observers that an accurato view can be obtained. After the capture of Fort Donelson, you remem ber that General Johnston retreated through Nashville towards the South. A few days later the Rebels evacuated Columbus on the Mississippi. They were obliged to concentrate their forces. They saw that Memphis would be the next point of attack, and they must defend it. All of their energies were aroused. The defeat of the Union army at Bull Run, you remember, caused a great uprising of the North, and so the fall of Donelson stirred the people of the South. If you look at the map of Tennessee, you will notice, about twenty miles from Pittsburg Landing, the town of Corinth. It is at the junction of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio Railroads, which made it an important place to the Rebels. "Corinth must be defended," said the Memphis newspapers. Ooramor Harris's Proclamation. General Beauregard lent Wort. Governor Harris of Tennessee issued a proo lamation calling upon the people to enlist. Pittsrurg LAasnra Ajstd Vicorrrr. "As Governor of your State, and Commanderin-Chief of its army, I call upon every able-bodied man of the State, without regard to age, to enlist in its service. I command him who can obtain a weapon to march with our armies. I ask him who can repair or forge an arm to make it ready at once for the soldier." General Beauregard was sent in great haste to the West by Jeff Davis, who hoped that the fame and glory which he had won by attacking Fort Sumter and at Bull Hun would rouse the people Die Southern Army. Troops from all Quarters. Old Me...

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  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 1236280504
  • ISBN 13 9781236280503
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages68
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