Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... Richmond , when the prime object should have been the destruction of the Confederate armies which Grant , grinding away , at last was to achieve . When in late June 1862 , McClellan was compelled to fall back before grasping Richmond ...
... Richmond , when the prime object should have been the destruction of the Confederate armies which Grant , grinding away , at last was to achieve . When in late June 1862 , McClellan was compelled to fall back before grasping Richmond ...
Page 304
... Richmond , which place we must take with the least possible delay ; in fact , there will soon be no formi- dable insurgent force except at Richmond . With so large an army there the enemy can threaten us on the Potomac and elsewhere ...
... Richmond , which place we must take with the least possible delay ; in fact , there will soon be no formi- dable insurgent force except at Richmond . With so large an army there the enemy can threaten us on the Potomac and elsewhere ...
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... Richmond from that point , and to join Pope on the Rappahannock . This he ordered on August 3. Mc- Clellan protested against it , as causing him " the greatest pain " he " ever experienced , " and was convinced that the result would ...
... Richmond from that point , and to join Pope on the Rappahannock . This he ordered on August 3. Mc- Clellan protested against it , as causing him " the greatest pain " he " ever experienced , " and was convinced that the result would ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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