Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 173
... Confederate com- missioners for fear that such an act on his part would be considered a tacit recognition of the Confederate States . In these finicky questions of the hour he was often at fault , but how clear and vital was his ...
... Confederate com- missioners for fear that such an act on his part would be considered a tacit recognition of the Confederate States . In these finicky questions of the hour he was often at fault , but how clear and vital was his ...
Page 200
... Confederate leaders understood clearly that the North was superior in weight of men and metal . The statesmen among them relied - for a time , at least on the intervention of Eng- land and France , and when that hope faded they dreamed ...
... Confederate leaders understood clearly that the North was superior in weight of men and metal . The statesmen among them relied - for a time , at least on the intervention of Eng- land and France , and when that hope faded they dreamed ...
Page 241
... Confederate credit abroad . The Confed- erate commissioners allowed the Erlangers to draw on funds in their possession - the money obtained from the sale of the bonds — and use it in buying back the bonds whenever the price sagged below ...
... Confederate credit abroad . The Confed- erate commissioners allowed the Erlangers to draw on funds in their possession - the money obtained from the sale of the bonds — and use it in buying back the bonds whenever the price sagged below ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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