The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 115
... miles below Detroit . The winter was a cruel one . Blizzards swept down on the sol- diers as they constructed causeways and blockhouses . Rations often had to be cut to one - half , and at night the men shivered in their crudely built ...
... miles below Detroit . The winter was a cruel one . Blizzards swept down on the sol- diers as they constructed causeways and blockhouses . Rations often had to be cut to one - half , and at night the men shivered in their crudely built ...
Page 167
... miles through extensive marshes , which we crossed by corduroy - roads , formed [ of logs ] . . . cut in lengths of ... miles , which was accomplished in forty - six hours , being at the very slow rate of about two miles and three quar ...
... miles through extensive marshes , which we crossed by corduroy - roads , formed [ of logs ] . . . cut in lengths of ... miles , which was accomplished in forty - six hours , being at the very slow rate of about two miles and three quar ...
Page 232
... miles of track , while three years later the longest railroad in the world - extending 136 miles - had been constructed in South Carolina . By the mid - thirties a number of short lines were operating in New England . The growth of the ...
... miles of track , while three years later the longest railroad in the world - extending 136 miles - had been constructed in South Carolina . By the mid - thirties a number of short lines were operating in New England . The growth of the ...
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