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Those states were taken out of the Union by conventions which were skillfully manipulated . § 2 The confusion of ideas and impulses in the South was equaled by the hysterical state of the North in the face of actual secession .
Those states were taken out of the Union by conventions which were skillfully manipulated . § 2 The confusion of ideas and impulses in the South was equaled by the hysterical state of the North in the face of actual secession .
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When it fell into Union hands Arkansas , western Louisiana and Texas were virtually isolated . There was still another gateway open , through Vicksburg , though the railway that ran from Vicksburg to the east was erratic in its ...
When it fell into Union hands Arkansas , western Louisiana and Texas were virtually isolated . There was still another gateway open , through Vicksburg , though the railway that ran from Vicksburg to the east was erratic in its ...
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60 per cent in cash ; 40 per cent in Union Pacific Railroad stock . July 3. 75 per cent in first mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific Railroad ; 75 per cent in Union Pacific Railroad stock . Sept. 3. 75 per cent in first mortgage bonds ...
60 per cent in cash ; 40 per cent in Union Pacific Railroad stock . July 3. 75 per cent in first mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific Railroad ; 75 per cent in Union Pacific Railroad stock . Sept. 3. 75 per cent in first mortgage bonds ...
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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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