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On March 27 , 1847 , the town surrendered after Scott had battered his way through the walls . Despite the fierce resolutions hardly anybody died in the last ditch , though a few misguided patriots fired from second - story windows ...
On March 27 , 1847 , the town surrendered after Scott had battered his way through the walls . Despite the fierce resolutions hardly anybody died in the last ditch , though a few misguided patriots fired from second - story windows ...
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Sherman's march to the sea was not a part of the preconceived plan which he and Grant had in mind when Sherman set out from Chattanooga . His objective was Atlanta , and his further progress through Georgia was the result of ...
Sherman's march to the sea was not a part of the preconceived plan which he and Grant had in mind when Sherman set out from Chattanooga . His objective was Atlanta , and his further progress through Georgia was the result of ...
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On the twenty - seventh of March he was taken for a carriage drive in Central Park . It was a clear , sunny day . The park was full of children , and there was the sheen of serene lakes and of buds bursting into bloom .
On the twenty - seventh of March he was taken for a carriage drive in Central Park . It was a clear , sunny day . The park was full of children , and there was the sheen of serene lakes and of buds bursting into bloom .
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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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