It would be of great value to us to get possession of Lynchburg for a single day.
I notified Sheridan of this and directed him to get possession of the road before the supplies could reach Lee.
An infantry force was immediately sent to get possession of White House, and supplies were forwarded.
In the first place I have got to get possession of the article itself, though I do not believe this will be a very expensive undertaking.
As soon as he should get back to Peru he resolved to get possession of other nitrate beds before the price should advance.
He had no sooner seen the weapon than a wild desire to get possession of it filled his mind.
But the latter, owing to the time required for the legal formalities, had not been able to get possession of the money before he became insane, and was placed in an asylum at Aversa, where he was probably to remain until he died.
With their artillery they knocked to pieces our locomotive and several of the cars, and set fire to the train; but we managed to get possession again, and extinguished the fire.
I always expected to have a desperate fight to get possession of the Macon road, which was then the vital objective of the campaign.
First he aimed to get possession of Greek cities in Chalcidice, of which Olynthus was the chief.
Count of Artois, was obliged to fly from France on a charge of having poisoned his aunt and her daughters, as a part of his unsuccessful attempt to get possession of the fiefs left to them by his grandsire.
His vigor as a soldier, and, still more, his tact in conciliating the Saracens, enabled him to get possession of Jerusalem.
Christian made use of these divisions, and of the help of German and French troops, toget possession of Stockholm (1520).
Availing himself of a plausible pretext, he endeavored to get possession of Cologne by first laying siege to Neuss, which lies below it.
In passing one of their cottages we happened to see about a score of human jawbones suspended from the roof, and anxious to get possession of one or two, I offered the most valuable articles I had about me in exchange.
When night fell they revenged themselves by setting fire to all their merchandise in the very sight of the Foulahs, who had intended to get possession of them.
You will never have another chance to get possession of the Blue Stone and ruin the Shan by your plots together with Hamid Khan.
I laid a plot to get possession of it," Frobisher admitted coolly enough.
It was some little time before Angela contrived to get possession of the great man and it required all her fascination to induce him to listen to the handsome young man who represented the Shan's suite.
There is only one way to get at him, and that is in some way to get possessionof the title.
They were eager to get possession of Mary Bransford's property, but their real fight would be, and was, against him.
I will allow you a week's time in which to get possession of this runaway slave.
Will she come, or shall we have to get possession of her by force tomorrow?
Therefore we will do all we can to get possession of this slave.
I've told you how your uncle tried to get possession of the mine.
Men don't locate claims to get possession of old, tumbled-down log cabins nowadays.
That, indeed, was the great point of attack, for the main object which the Crusaders proposed to themselves in invading Palestine was to get possession of the sepulchre where Christ was buried at Jerusalem.
His neighbor, Philip, King of France, was ready to take advantage of any opportunity to get possession of such provinces on the Continent as might be within his reach.
It was therefore a very moderate and inconsiderable deed of brotherly hostility on the part of Geoffrey to plan the seizure of his brother's intended wife, in order to get possession of her dominions.
The arsenal, however, was totally consumed with about fifteen thousand stand of arms there stored--a very serious loss to the confederates, who had made calculations to get possession of them.
It will be recollected, too, that his wife came to Virginia to get possession of his body after his execution.
Once started up the valley they ought to be followed until we get possessionof the Virginia Central Railroad.
On the 24th I ordered General Meade to attempt to get possession of the South Side Railroad, and for that purpose to advance on the 27th.
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