Word: river
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...some time, and the good effects of hard work are beginning to show themselves. Of course, freshmen can learn little of rowing on the machines, but what they have accomplished gives promise that they will very quickly turn into good oarsmen when once they row on the river-this they expect to do in about two weeks...
...army of the Potomac to push Lee backward and hold his attention while Butler should slip in and capture Richmond. There were several defects which the lecturer enumerated clearly. During the winter of 1863-64 Lee had remained encamped opposite the army of the Potomac near the Rapidan River...
Early in May Grant moved across the river to a position near the old battle field of Chancellorsville and in the thickly wooded district known as the "Wilderness." His object was to pass to the south of General Lee and get into the open country so that his numerical superiority could be made available. He was delayed and Lee advanced close to him. Grant ordered his troops to attack and this they did many times in the two days of the battle of the Wilderness, but little was gained and many were killed and wounded. Counter attacks by the enemy...
...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, but it was not followed up and General Beauregard, the commandant sent word to Lee to reinforce him at once. That...
...themselves. Now, rowing is, of all things, that which a man finds most impossible to learn by himself. There is nothing, perhaps, in which unaided practice is so certain to make a man develop a bad style. If any person doubts this, let him look at the River Thames on a Saturday afternoon. From Teddington to Wadsworth it is covered with boats, which are being rowed and sculled by persons exhibiting every possible fault that an oarsman can commit. The round back, the hanging head, the wriggling body, these are only a few of the hideous distortions observable on every...