This first inspiration of a cavalry officer and a true soldier decided in every respect the fate of the campaign. It was Buford who selected the battlefield where the two armies were about to measure their strength... History of the Civil War in America - Page 544by Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - 1888Full view - About this book
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1902 - 968 pages
...secure the advantage of position for the Union army. The Comte de Paris, writing of this affair, says: "This first inspiration of a cavalry officer and a...campaign. It was Buford who selected the battlefield where two armies were about to measure their strength." On the third day of the battle an encounter took... | |
| Marcus Bainbridge Buford - 1903 - 474 pages
...the position and to receive his instructions. "Knowing that Reynolds was within supporting distance of him, he boldly resolved to risk everything in order...two armies were about to measure their strength." One interesting bit of testimony is added by the signal officer already spoken of. He had taken his... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1906 - 966 pages
...secure the advantage of position for the Union army. The Comte de Paris, writing of this affair, says: "This first inspiration of a cavalry officer and a...campaign. It was Buford who selected the battlefield where two armies were about to measure their strength." On the third day of the battle an encounter took... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1909 - 988 pages
...secure the advantage of position for the Union army. The Comte de Paris, writing of this affair, says: "This first inspiration of a cavalry officer and a...campaign. It was Buford who selected the battlefield where two armies were about to measure their strength." On the third day of the battle an encounter took... | |
| Francis Trevelyan Miller - United States - 1911 - 350 pages
...revealed to Buford the approach of the enemy. Knowing that Reynolds was within supporting distance of him, he boldly resolved to risk everything in order...two armies were about to measure their strength." GENERAL WADE HAMPTON * Wade Hampton entered the military service of the Confederate States as colonel... | |
| Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier - United States - 1911 - 376 pages
...revealed to Buford the approach of the enemy. Knowing that Reynolds was within supporting distance of him, he boldly resolved to risk everything in order...of a cavalry officer and a true soldier decided, in even* respect, the fate of the campaign. It was Buford who selected the battlefield where the two armies... | |
| Marcus Bainbridge Buford, George Washington Buford, Mildred Buford Minter - 1924 - 524 pages
...the position and to receive his instructions. Knowing that Reynolds was within supporting distance of him, he boldly resolved to risk everything in order...reach Gettysburg in advance of the Confederate Army. The first inspiration of a cavalry officer and a true soldier decided in every respect the fate of... | |
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