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With Texas in the Union , protected by the powerful United States , the whole contention with Mexico should have soon come to an end . But the larger scheme of Mexican conquest was still in the background , and something had to be done ...
With Texas in the Union , protected by the powerful United States , the whole contention with Mexico should have soon come to an end . But the larger scheme of Mexican conquest was still in the background , and something had to be done ...
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Yet there is no gainsaying the fact that Scott's march to the City of Mexico was daring in conception . He had less than twelve thousand men , and there were seven million people in Mexico . This was emphasized in Santa Anna's ...
Yet there is no gainsaying the fact that Scott's march to the City of Mexico was daring in conception . He had less than twelve thousand men , and there were seven million people in Mexico . This was emphasized in Santa Anna's ...
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The regimental " bad man ” -known by his nickname of “ Mexico ” —swaggered drunk before the commander's tent , and dared anybody to touch him . Grant had him tied up to a post . “ For every minute I stand here I'll have an ounce of your ...
The regimental " bad man ” -known by his nickname of “ Mexico ” —swaggered drunk before the commander's tent , and dared anybody to touch him . Grant had him tied up to a post . “ For every minute I stand here I'll have an ounce of your ...
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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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