Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 212
... Halleck arrives at St. Louis to take his place . He summoned Grant to headquarters to discuss affairs . Halleck was called " Old Brains " because of his look of owlish wisdom . He was , in reality , a large emptiness surrounded by an ...
... Halleck arrives at St. Louis to take his place . He summoned Grant to headquarters to discuss affairs . Halleck was called " Old Brains " because of his look of owlish wisdom . He was , in reality , a large emptiness surrounded by an ...
Page 226
... Halleck which read : " You will place General C. F. Smith in command of the expedition , and remain yourself at Fort ... Halleck daily , but through some break in the telegraph connection his messages had not reached their destination ...
... Halleck which read : " You will place General C. F. Smith in command of the expedition , and remain yourself at Fort ... Halleck daily , but through some break in the telegraph connection his messages had not reached their destination ...
Page 257
... Halleck had arrived at Pitts- burg Landing to take charge of things . He made Grant a kind of assistant to himself - at least , that was the under- standing . Grant was called " second in command . " He says in his Memoirs that he had ...
... Halleck had arrived at Pitts- burg Landing to take charge of things . He made Grant a kind of assistant to himself - at least , that was the under- standing . Grant was called " second in command . " He says in his Memoirs that he had ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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