Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas |
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... GRANT's victories at Chattanooga made him the hero of the North . Here at last was the man the nation needed for ... Grant and directed him to report to Washington . Grant reached the capital on the evening of March 8. He might have ...
... GRANT's victories at Chattanooga made him the hero of the North . Here at last was the man the nation needed for ... Grant and directed him to report to Washington . Grant reached the capital on the evening of March 8. He might have ...
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... Grant's . Satisfied to know that at last there was to be that concert of action that he had urged on Grant's predecessors as the only means of utilizing the Union superiority in numbers with decisive effect , Lincoln , for the most part ...
... Grant's . Satisfied to know that at last there was to be that concert of action that he had urged on Grant's predecessors as the only means of utilizing the Union superiority in numbers with decisive effect , Lincoln , for the most part ...
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... Grant's field headquarters from the front . He was tired , muddy , and hungry . Grant , commenting that his staff were all away on duty , asked if Cadwallader felt equal to a ride to City Point ; Sheridan had just forwarded a number of ...
... Grant's field headquarters from the front . He was tired , muddy , and hungry . Grant , commenting that his staff were all away on duty , asked if Cadwallader felt equal to a ride to City Point ; Sheridan had just forwarded a number of ...
Contents
The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
Copyright | |
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