Word: east
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...indoor handicap athletic meeting is going to be held on Saturday evening, January 22, in the Armory, East Newton street, Boston, under the auspices of the Ninth Regiment Athletic Association. The following events will take place: 75 yards dash, handicap; 440 yards run, handicap; 1 mile run, handicap; running high jump, handicap; 880 yards run, scratch, open only to those who have never won a prize for running; team race, tug of war. The entries close Monday, January...
...Triangle Club of the East End Christian Union, for boys of Cambridgeport, has a new gymnasium. Leaders for the class work are desired immediately. Will volunteers, who would be willing to take classes one or more evening of the week please send their addresses to C. A. Duniway, 138 Brattle street...
Next to Richmond, in the East, and Vicksburg, in the West, Chattanooga, the stronghold which guarded the Confederate centre, was the most important strategic point, toward which the Union armies were struggling. With its strong natural defences, and its importance as a railroad centre, Chattanooga not only protected the heart of the South from Federal invasion, but it also opened up for the rebels an easy path into Tennessee and Kentucky...
...Bragg's right. Thom as also advanced and took a firm stand on the foot-hills. It was then, profiting by Bragg's confusion, that Hooker made his brilliant capture of Lookout Mountain. His troops had to move painfully around the edge of the mountain from west to east, before they could so much as find a place for ascent. At last they reached a winding cart-track, and up they went, until the clouds hid the death-struggle from the watchers. In a few minutes more it was all over, and the enemy was in full retreat down...
Unquestionably the east was the best point of attack. But Grant was hampered by lack of cooperation from Washington, and unwisely dividing his army, found his line of communication broken by Forrest's brilliant raid, and was forced to retreat. Sherman was waiting for Grant in the swamps before Haines's Bluff, and not knowing the strength of the position tried to assault it. The assault failed, and the second part of the plan proved impracticable...