Word: despatching
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Unfortunately, McClellan got hold of Lee's despatch and on September 10, acting on his information, marched against the part of Lee's army above Harper's Ferry. But Lee held him off until the 15th, when Jackson captured Harper's Ferry with its garrison, artillery and small arms...
Harvard Historical Society. "The Lost Despatch," the story of Antietam. Col. W. Allan, of Maryland. Sanders Theatre, 7.30 p.m. The Harvard Historical Society expects to arrange a brief course of lectures on the Civil War, on the successive Wednesday evenings...
Thanks to the Historical Society Sanders will be opened to-night, and an audience, comfortably seated, will listen to an interesting lecture. "The Lost Despatch, the Story of Antietam," is a subject that will in itself draw a good audience, and Col. Allan is a speaker well able to present it. We have already spoken emphatically of the value of these lectures to the college, and of the honor that they bring to the Historical Society...
Harvard Historical Society. "The Last Despatch," the story of Antietam. Col. W. Allan, of Maryland. Sanders Theatre, 7.30 p. m. The Harvard Historical Society expects to arrange a brief course of lectures on the Civil War, on successive Wednesday evenings...
...obscure member of the senior class has received the following despatch from his father in California: "Heard of the small-pox to-day. Come home at once...