Sickles the IncredibleThe life of a Civil War general, congressman tried for murder, friend of five Presidents, diplomat, spendthrift, and libertine - one of the gaudiest of American figures. |
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Page 126
... five thousand well - drilled troops , officers and men , all well known to each other , and animated by a strong esprit de corps . " 1 This was written in a moment of exaggeration . He had some- thing less than 5000 men . They were not ...
... five thousand well - drilled troops , officers and men , all well known to each other , and animated by a strong esprit de corps . " 1 This was written in a moment of exaggeration . He had some- thing less than 5000 men . They were not ...
Page 339
... of the old unverified rumors that Sickles had appropriated proceeds from a brothel twenty - five years earlier at the time of his excursions with Fanny White . A pimp ! In a fury , Sickles consulted John ST . DANIEL AND THE DRAGON 339.
... of the old unverified rumors that Sickles had appropriated proceeds from a brothel twenty - five years earlier at the time of his excursions with Fanny White . A pimp ! In a fury , Sickles consulted John ST . DANIEL AND THE DRAGON 339.
Page 389
... five decades he had stubbornly built up a legend not quite in accord with historical fact but which nevertheless had attained pure reality for him . He could recall with senescent pride the verses of Horatio King which so beautifully ...
... five decades he had stubbornly built up a legend not quite in accord with historical fact but which nevertheless had attained pure reality for him . He could recall with senescent pride the verses of Horatio King which so beautifully ...
Contents
The Peoples Choice I | 1 |
Politicking on the Potomac | 9 |
After the Ball | 26 |
Copyright | |
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