Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 203
... Mississippi at any point and proceed eastward across the states of Mis- sissippi , Alabama and Georgia . Grant's success in the Mississippi basin gradually caused the Lincoln administration to realize that the Eastern cam- paigns had ...
... Mississippi at any point and proceed eastward across the states of Mis- sissippi , Alabama and Georgia . Grant's success in the Mississippi basin gradually caused the Lincoln administration to realize that the Eastern cam- paigns had ...
Page 286
... Mississippi comes out of the West , sweeps in mighty grandeur before the town , and flows toward the West again . Batteries placed on this elevation commanded the river for miles in each direction when the Confederates had finished ...
... Mississippi comes out of the West , sweeps in mighty grandeur before the town , and flows toward the West again . Batteries placed on this elevation commanded the river for miles in each direction when the Confederates had finished ...
Page 291
... Mississippi would do the necessary widening . So the work was started first to cut a canal of moderate size , turn the river into it , and then take the whole expedition , gun- boats , steamers and all , through this cut - off ...
... Mississippi would do the necessary widening . So the work was started first to cut a canal of moderate size , turn the river into it , and then take the whole expedition , gun- boats , steamers and all , through this cut - off ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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