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1 Ulysses was sent again to school to prepare for West Point —this time to another " Institute ” at Ripley , which is only ten miles from Georgetown . His career there was as blank as it was at Maysville . He says in the Memoirs : " I ...
1 Ulysses was sent again to school to prepare for West Point —this time to another " Institute ” at Ripley , which is only ten miles from Georgetown . His career there was as blank as it was at Maysville . He says in the Memoirs : " I ...
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West Point did not give Grant much of an education , but its moral pressure was overwhelming , and he retained an immense respect for the Academy as long as he lived . “ I think West Point is the best school in the world , ” he told ...
West Point did not give Grant much of an education , but its moral pressure was overwhelming , and he retained an immense respect for the Academy as long as he lived . “ I think West Point is the best school in the world , ” he told ...
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The attempts along the line of the Yazoo were abandoned after that experience and Grant turned his attention to the west bank of the Mississippi . If it were only possible to get below Vicksburg and come up from the south on the east ...
The attempts along the line of the Yazoo were abandoned after that experience and Grant turned his attention to the west bank of the Mississippi . If it were only possible to get below Vicksburg and come up from the south on the east ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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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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