Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 77
... Mexican War he had not only his pacifist inclinations to overcome , but also his feeling that the war was utterly unjust . On this subject he said : With a soldier the flag is paramount . I know the struggle with my conscience during ...
... Mexican War he had not only his pacifist inclinations to overcome , but also his feeling that the war was utterly unjust . On this subject he said : With a soldier the flag is paramount . I know the struggle with my conscience during ...
Page 80
... Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort . They were within a few hundred yards of the Mexican army ; things began to look warlike , indeed . General Taylor's new sea - base was at Point Isabel , a place on the coast some ...
... Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort . They were within a few hundred yards of the Mexican army ; things began to look warlike , indeed . General Taylor's new sea - base was at Point Isabel , a place on the coast some ...
Page 92
... Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American officers quarreled continually over ...
... Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American officers quarreled continually over ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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