Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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Page 155
... army is now driven out , and I am going to fulfill that promise . I have got you together to hear what I have written down . I do not wish your advice about the main matter , for that I have determined for myself . This I say without ...
... army is now driven out , and I am going to fulfill that promise . I have got you together to hear what I have written down . I do not wish your advice about the main matter , for that I have determined for myself . This I say without ...
Page 158
... Army of the Potomac . When Burnside fought at Fred- ericksburg the President appeared at the War Department telegraph office in carpet slippers and dressing gown , and waited all day without food for the shocking news of defeat that did ...
... Army of the Potomac . When Burnside fought at Fred- ericksburg the President appeared at the War Department telegraph office in carpet slippers and dressing gown , and waited all day without food for the shocking news of defeat that did ...
Page 166
James Creelman. Grant , with Sherman and Sheridan to help him ; when the army swept all before it , and when , after reviewing Grant's forces in front of grim Petersburg , Lincoln called for half a million fresh soldiers , he had the wit ...
James Creelman. Grant , with Sherman and Sheridan to help him ; when the army swept all before it , and when , after reviewing Grant's forces in front of grim Petersburg , Lincoln called for half a million fresh soldiers , he had the wit ...
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