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Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated. -- Sun Tzu |
Sunday morning Augustthe .3. 1862 Dear Cousin after long neglect I in deavor to answer your kind letter which came to hand in due time I hope you will excuse me for not writing sooner, as I was verry unwell for several days after I got your letter, Note: Company D of the 38th Virginia Infantry in Whitmell. 3765 Reads
There are few things connected with the operations against Fort Donelson so relieved of uncertainty as this: that when General Grant at Fort Henry became fixed in the resolution to undertake the movement, his primary object was the capture of the force to which the post was intrusted. To effect their complete environment, he relied upon Flag-Officer Foote, whose astonishing success at Fort Henry justified the extreme of confidence.
Note: by General Lew Wallace 10458 Reads
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1798:
Believing that a French invasion of Ireland is imminent, Irish nationalists rise up against the British occupation.
1846: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey. 1861: General Benjamin Butler declares slaves to be the contraband of war. 1863: Bushwackers led by Captain William Marchbanks attack a Federal militia party in Nevada, Missouri. 1864: Union General Ulysses S. Grant continues to pound away at Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia in the engagement along the North Anna River that had begun the day before. 1941: Germanys largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood. 1943: The extermination camp at Auschwitz, Poland, receives a new doctor, 32-year-old Josef Mengele, a man who will earn the nickname "the Angel of Death." 1951: Lines Kansas and Wyoming became increasingly important with the possibility of a cease-fire and the demilitarized zone that might be required. |
