Word: fronts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...month had now elapsed since the campaign opened, and but little good, had been done. Grant again attacked in force and was repulsed with heavy loss. In one single charge 7,000 men were lost. Time had now come for strategy. Grant kept part of his men in front of Lee and pretended to attack Richmond while he detached most of his army across the James river to make a sudden attack on Petersburg. The feint was successful, but not so the attack on Petersburg. The troops arriving in front of the city made an attack...
When the spring of 1864 opened Gen. Sherman was in command of the western forces, which lay encamped several miles in front of Chattanooga. The Confederates, with a somewhat smaller force, had prepared to block any forward move and lay at Dalton, in northern Georgia. Gen. Joe Johnston was their leader. Sherman's aim was to capture Atlanta in Johnston's rear. With this aim in view he approached the enemy. All the resources of art and nature had combined to aid the latter. Mountains and entrenchment's strengthened his position. Sherman threatened the Confederate rear and Johnston retreated...
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...sale-A fifty-inch Expert Columbia bicycle, full nickel, ball-bearings on front and rear wheels, together with lamp, chronometer and bell. For further information apply at 26 College House...
...sale-A fifty-inch Expert Columbia bicycle, full nickel, ball-bearings on front and rear wheels, together with lamp, chronmeter and bell. For further information apply at 26 College House...