The Struggle Of'72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign: Containing Biographical Sketches of All the Candidates for President and Vice-president; History and Platforms of the Great Political Parties; Facts about Public Men and Measures; Review of Grant's Administration; the Queer Record of Horace Greeley |
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Page 46
... Sherman , victory had been the rule . With them there had been no such word as fail . By the time the presidential campaign of 1864 be- gan , a large portion of " Confederate " territory had been regained ; the Mississippi river was ...
... Sherman , victory had been the rule . With them there had been no such word as fail . By the time the presidential campaign of 1864 be- gan , a large portion of " Confederate " territory had been regained ; the Mississippi river was ...
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... Sherman was allowed to act as Secretary of War for a time . Mr. Stewart being found ineligible , George S. Bout- well , of Massachusetts , was appointed Secretary of the Treasury . Mr. Washburne soon resigned , and Hamilton Fish , of ...
... Sherman was allowed to act as Secretary of War for a time . Mr. Stewart being found ineligible , George S. Bout- well , of Massachusetts , was appointed Secretary of the Treasury . Mr. Washburne soon resigned , and Hamilton Fish , of ...
Page 124
... Sherman , Pope , Buel , Sigel and twenty - five others , the most of whom became more famous as politicians than as soldiers . Grant's district embraced the Mississippi and its valley from Cape Girardeau to New Madrid , and the lower ...
... Sherman , Pope , Buel , Sigel and twenty - five others , the most of whom became more famous as politicians than as soldiers . Grant's district embraced the Mississippi and its valley from Cape Girardeau to New Madrid , and the lower ...
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... Sherman . ( The Division of Gen. Lew . Wallace , 5,000 strong , was not engaged during the first days . ) In the disposition of Grant's forces for the battle , Gen Prentiss occupied the left , resting on the left bank of the river ...
... Sherman . ( The Division of Gen. Lew . Wallace , 5,000 strong , was not engaged during the first days . ) In the disposition of Grant's forces for the battle , Gen Prentiss occupied the left , resting on the left bank of the river ...
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... Sherman's and Prentiss's lines ( the latter officer was taken prisoner early in the day , together with a consider- able portion of his command ) , and again about four o'clock in the afternoon , when the Rebels made a furious charge on ...
... Sherman's and Prentiss's lines ( the latter officer was taken prisoner early in the day , together with a consider- able portion of his command ) , and again about four o'clock in the afternoon , when the Rebels made a furious charge on ...
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