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harass
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Killing Lincoln
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- His strategy that his army "must endeavor to harass them if we cannot destroy them" depends upon motivated troops and favorable terrain.†
p. 33.5 *
- And, indeed, Union cavalry repeatedly harass the rear of Lee's exhausted column.†
p. 45.9
- At a time when every fiber of their beings cries out for sleep and food, they press forward over muddy rutted roads, enduring rain and chill and the constant harassment of Union cavalry.†
p. 46.5
- He and the cavalry are more than doing their part, charging far and wide over the Virginia countryside, harassing Lee's wagons and skirmishing with Confederate cavalry.†
p. 49.2
- At first light Meade's infantry will chase and find Lee's army, then harass them and slow their forward movement.†
p. 51.8
- Grant's men, on the other hand, include staff and top generals, men who have spent the last week on horseback, harassing Lee's army.†
p. 81.1
- If Booth does indeed get the chance, he is allowed to capture the president, truss him like a pig, subject him to a torrent of verbal and mental harassment, and even punch him in the mouth, should the opportunity present itself.†
p. 92.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(harass) to repeatedly bother or attack
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)