Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 328
... civil authority that he sat silent while Davis proceeded to carry out his own half - baked military schemes . Lee wanted to abandon Richmond in 1864 and concentrate the Southern armies at some point farther south . But Davis would not ...
... civil authority that he sat silent while Davis proceeded to carry out his own half - baked military schemes . Lee wanted to abandon Richmond in 1864 and concentrate the Southern armies at some point farther south . But Davis would not ...
Page 452
... civil power ; that he was surrounded by army officers ; that any one who brought gifts to Grant's door was sure of obtaining his favors ; that he appointed his relatives -and the relatives and friends of his relatives - to office re ...
... civil power ; that he was surrounded by army officers ; that any one who brought gifts to Grant's door was sure of obtaining his favors ; that he appointed his relatives -and the relatives and friends of his relatives - to office re ...
Page 492
... cold should have disappeared . .. § 2 In the dejected silence of the General's reflections came the remembrance of the Century Magazine's offer to purchase arti- L Mark Twain Calls 493 cles by him on the Civil 492 THE HOUSE OF PAIN.
... cold should have disappeared . .. § 2 In the dejected silence of the General's reflections came the remembrance of the Century Magazine's offer to purchase arti- L Mark Twain Calls 493 cles by him on the Civil 492 THE HOUSE OF PAIN.
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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