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Confederates. Sprinkle. Blood. 173 . Before he could do anything effective he had to wait for public opinion to ... he talked in vague abstractions about saving the Union , and refused to receive the Confederate commissioners for fear ...
Confederates. Sprinkle. Blood. 173 . Before he could do anything effective he had to wait for public opinion to ... he talked in vague abstractions about saving the Union , and refused to receive the Confederate commissioners for fear ...
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4 The Confederates attempted the impossible task of defending all points of their immense territory . ... Caution is excellent in its place , though it was the last thing in the world that the Confederate States needed .
4 The Confederates attempted the impossible task of defending all points of their immense territory . ... Caution is excellent in its place , though it was the last thing in the world that the Confederate States needed .
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This supplementary agreement was intended to keep up the price in the hope of sustaining Confederate credit abroad . The Confederate commissioners allowed the Erlangers to draw on funds in their possession - the money obtained from the ...
This supplementary agreement was intended to keep up the price in the hope of sustaining Confederate credit abroad . The Confederate commissioners allowed the Erlangers to draw on funds in their possession - the money obtained from the ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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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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