The five-month long operation was divided into two parts when Confederate command switched from the cautious Joseph E. ... Under General Joseph Hooker's orders, Northern soldiers attacked but were brutally assaulted by the Southerner's strong defensive position. ... Despite attempts to burn the bridge, Union troops crossed the river and overtook the gray-suited soldiers only miles outside the city by July 8th. ...

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Influenced by Joseph Adison's Spectator and its promotion of "moral decency and rational religion" she tended to prefer reason and judgment over fancy and invention. ... (Akers 37) And even though, she eventually became a best informed woman in the nation, when it came to issues of public affairs, Abigail Adams remained within her sphere, careful not to cross the nature-imposed line between two sexes. ...

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