Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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Page 307
... wishes to be successful , and I know he does not wish it any more than the Secretary of War for him , and both of them together no more than I wish it . Sometimes we have a dispute about how many men General McClellan has had , and ...
... wishes to be successful , and I know he does not wish it any more than the Secretary of War for him , and both of them together no more than I wish it . Sometimes we have a dispute about how many men General McClellan has had , and ...
Page 362
... wish his crossing the river to be nearly free from risk ; and , secondly , I wish the enemy to be prevented from falling back , accumulating strength as he goes , into his intrenchments at Richmond . I therefore pro- pose that General ...
... wish his crossing the river to be nearly free from risk ; and , secondly , I wish the enemy to be prevented from falling back , accumulating strength as he goes , into his intrenchments at Richmond . I therefore pro- pose that General ...
Page 400
... wish that labor already done , which varies from that plan in no important particular , may not be thrown away . The strongest wish I have , not already publicly expressed , is that in Louisiana and elsewhere all sincere Union men would ...
... wish that labor already done , which varies from that plan in no important particular , may not be thrown away . The strongest wish I have , not already publicly expressed , is that in Louisiana and elsewhere all sincere Union men would ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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