Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 286
... Vicksburg by land was equally difficult , but in a different fashion . A few miles north of the town the Yazoo river , coming from the east , empties itself into the Mississippi . Its miles of swamps and shallow creeks - a wilderness of ...
... Vicksburg by land was equally difficult , but in a different fashion . A few miles north of the town the Yazoo river , coming from the east , empties itself into the Mississippi . Its miles of swamps and shallow creeks - a wilderness of ...
Page 288
... Vicksburg would then be visible on the sky - line , across the river , but the place could not be reached , and the ... Vicksburg , on its tall hill , a solid vision in a melting cosmos . For months Grant endeavored to get to Vicksburg ...
... Vicksburg would then be visible on the sky - line , across the river , but the place could not be reached , and the ... Vicksburg , on its tall hill , a solid vision in a melting cosmos . For months Grant endeavored to get to Vicksburg ...
Page 296
... Vicksburg— and the astonishing thing is the wide gap between his best and his worst . As we contemplate his operations before Vicksburg we cease for a time to think of him as a soldier of talent and energy . Such words are too pale . We ...
... Vicksburg— and the astonishing thing is the wide gap between his best and his worst . As we contemplate his operations before Vicksburg we cease for a time to think of him as a soldier of talent and energy . Such words are too pale . We ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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