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The campaign was like a series of hand - tohand fights on a stair - case , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly ...
The campaign was like a series of hand - tohand fights on a stair - case , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly ...
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Three of these vessels - the Alabama , Florida and Sheitandoah - had done great damage to American commerce . For some time after the war the American claim against the British for reparations was given small consideration by Her ...
Three of these vessels - the Alabama , Florida and Sheitandoah - had done great damage to American commerce . For some time after the war the American claim against the British for reparations was given small consideration by Her ...
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McPherson , Edward , The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion . New York , 1864 . The Political History of ... Moore , Frank , The Rebellion Record : A Diary of American Events . New York , 1865 .
McPherson , Edward , The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion . New York , 1864 . The Political History of ... Moore , Frank , The Rebellion Record : A Diary of American Events . New York , 1865 .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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