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The nature of this conflict is clear , and it becomes more sharply defined in perspective when we remember that the South had managed for many years to dominate the national government . Most of the Presidents had been Southern men ...
The nature of this conflict is clear , and it becomes more sharply defined in perspective when we remember that the South had managed for many years to dominate the national government . Most of the Presidents had been Southern men ...
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was Hinton Rowan Helper , a North Carolinian , and the title of his book was The Impending Crisis in the South . Mr. Helper was a poor white who had educated himself ; his point of view was that of the Southerner who did not own slaves ...
was Hinton Rowan Helper , a North Carolinian , and the title of his book was The Impending Crisis in the South . Mr. Helper was a poor white who had educated himself ; his point of view was that of the Southerner who did not own slaves ...
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Grant decided to move his army to the south side of the James . He would then stand between Richmond and the states to the south . It would be Lee , instead of Grant , who would have to defend his line of supplies , for Grant could ...
Grant decided to move his army to the south side of the James . He would then stand between Richmond and the states to the south . It would be Lee , instead of Grant , who would have to defend his line of supplies , for Grant could ...
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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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