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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William Andrew Swanberg. Sickles told young Meade he was now moving and would be in position shortly . Then the New Yorker ... move in Meade's name . Hunt knew better than that . He was not going to usurp the authority of the commanding ...
William Andrew Swanberg. Sickles told young Meade he was now moving and would be in position shortly . Then the New Yorker ... move in Meade's name . Hunt knew better than that . He was not going to usurp the authority of the commanding ...
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... moving his corps forward , he went contrary to Meade's express order and also failed to report his move , leaving Meade ignorant of the new position of his left wing . A commanding general might as well go fishing if his corps leaders ...
... moving his corps forward , he went contrary to Meade's express order and also failed to report his move , leaving Meade ignorant of the new position of his left wing . A commanding general might as well go fishing if his corps leaders ...
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... move of the Illinoisan ended the friendship . In his two - volume Recollections of a Minister to France , Washburne studiously avoided any mention of Sickles , who had been at his elbow much of the time . Nor did Grant , in his Personal ...
... move of the Illinoisan ended the friendship . In his two - volume Recollections of a Minister to France , Washburne studiously avoided any mention of Sickles , who had been at his elbow much of the time . Nor did Grant , in his Personal ...
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The Peoples Choice I | 1 |
Politicking on the Potomac | 9 |
After the Ball | 26 |
Copyright | |
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