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... command to any danger or hardship beyond what , in your judgment , would be usual in military life ; and he has entire confi- dence that you will act as becomes a patriot and a soldier under all circumstances . Whenever , if at all , in ...
... command to any danger or hardship beyond what , in your judgment , would be usual in military life ; and he has entire confi- dence that you will act as becomes a patriot and a soldier under all circumstances . Whenever , if at all , in ...
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... command of only 3,000 . Now tell me , is this not mere impa- tience ? Have you not known all the while that you are to command four or five times that many ? I have been , and am sincerely your friend ; and if , as such , I dare to make ...
... command of only 3,000 . Now tell me , is this not mere impa- tience ? Have you not known all the while that you are to command four or five times that many ? I have been , and am sincerely your friend ; and if , as such , I dare to make ...
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... command of a corps by one so competent to judge as General Sherman proves this . In that line he can serve both the country and himself more profitably than he could as a member of Congress on the floor . The foregoing is what I would ...
... command of a corps by one so competent to judge as General Sherman proves this . In that line he can serve both the country and himself more profitably than he could as a member of Congress on the floor . The foregoing is what I would ...
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