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... military skill is requi- site to answer it , that I have turned the task over to General Halleck . He promises to perform it with his utmost care . I have but one idea which I think worth suggesting to you , and that is , in case you ...
... military skill is requi- site to answer it , that I have turned the task over to General Halleck . He promises to perform it with his utmost care . I have but one idea which I think worth suggesting to you , and that is , in case you ...
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... military skill and useful- ness . His recent appointment to the 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 ...
... military skill and useful- ness . His recent appointment to the 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 ...
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... military force - no loss by it anyhow or anywhere . On the contrary it shows a gain of quite a hundred and thirty thousand soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling ...
... military force - no loss by it anyhow or anywhere . On the contrary it shows a gain of quite a hundred and thirty thousand soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling ...
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