Download The History of Our Country from the Discovery of America to the Present Time Volume 4
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The History of Our Country from the Discovery of America to the Present Time Volume 4 by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis
Number of Pages: 96 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130956856
Download Link: The History of Our Country from the Discovery of America to the Present Time Volume 4
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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. 1900 Excerpt: ...army, acted hominy to prevent the overthrow of the Confederate forces. The end of the battle found McClellan's right wing on the farther side of the river, with the enemy still in the woods in front of Richmond, and the capture of that city as far off as ever. The left wing of the Federals encamped upon the battle-ground, but before long the health of the men began to suffer from their hideous surroundings. The malarious swamps became a fountain of horrors, because of the hundreds of unburied bodies, while the water of the streams from which the poor soldiers were obliged to slake their thirst was polluted by the abominations that drained into them. The air throbbed with heat, and the mortality became so appalling that it threatened to work more ill to the Union army than could the guns of the enemy. McClellan's elaborate field-works extended in a semicircle from the White Oak Swamp to the Chickahominy, and were so arranged as to inclose in their sweep the line of railway and the several roads and bridges communicating with his right wing. Now came a period of comparative inactivity, lasting three weeks, during which the siege of Richmond was steadily pressed. All the Union army, with the exception of the corps of Franklin and Fitz-Period John Porter, was moved across the Chickahominy. General Mc-hrrt Clellan desired to assume the offensive, for the delay was more valuable to the enemy than to him, but his timidity prevented him from doing so until the two wings of his army were placed in full communication with each other by bridges strong enough to withstand the treacherous Chickahominy. Never in the history of that section of the country was such frightful weather known. McClellan's telegrams continually referred to this. Thus on the 7th of June he teleg...
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The History of Our Country from the Discovery of America to the Present Time Volume 4 by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis
Number of Pages: 96 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130956856
Download Link: The History of Our Country from the Discovery of America to the Present Time Volume 4
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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. 1900 Excerpt: ...army, acted hominy to prevent the overthrow of the Confederate forces. The end of the battle found McClellan's right wing on the farther side of the river, with the enemy still in the woods in front of Richmond, and the capture of that city as far off as ever. The left wing of the Federals encamped upon the battle-ground, but before long the health of the men began to suffer from their hideous surroundings. The malarious swamps became a fountain of horrors, because of the hundreds of unburied bodies, while the water of the streams from which the poor soldiers were obliged to slake their thirst was polluted by the abominations that drained into them. The air throbbed with heat, and the mortality became so appalling that it threatened to work more ill to the Union army than could the guns of the enemy. McClellan's elaborate field-works extended in a semicircle from the White Oak Swamp to the Chickahominy, and were so arranged as to inclose in their sweep the line of railway and the several roads and bridges communicating with his right wing. Now came a period of comparative inactivity, lasting three weeks, during which the siege of Richmond was steadily pressed. All the Union army, with the exception of the corps of Franklin and Fitz-Period John Porter, was moved across the Chickahominy. General Mc-hrrt Clellan desired to assume the offensive, for the delay was more valuable to the enemy than to him, but his timidity prevented him from doing so until the two wings of his army were placed in full communication with each other by bridges strong enough to withstand the treacherous Chickahominy. Never in the history of that section of the country was such frightful weather known. McClellan's telegrams continually referred to this. Thus on the 7th of June he teleg...
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