Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 247
... army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite , and coming home in the evening . There is no satisfactory explanation as to why Grant did not remain with his army ...
... army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite , and coming home in the evening . There is no satisfactory explanation as to why Grant did not remain with his army ...
Page 312
... army received him with cheers and huzzas . The soldiers , " tears in their eyes , " sur- rounded him and clung to his horse's mane . The time was critical . The muscular Southern army , clang- ing with victory , had crossed the Potomac ...
... army received him with cheers and huzzas . The soldiers , " tears in their eyes , " sur- rounded him and clung to his horse's mane . The time was critical . The muscular Southern army , clang- ing with victory , had crossed the Potomac ...
Page 317
... Army of the Potomac , as he conceived it , was to crush Lee's army and destroy it . His method of doing this was to invade Virginia from Washington and en- counter Lee on his own ground . At the mouth of the river James was another Union ...
... Army of the Potomac , as he conceived it , was to crush Lee's army and destroy it . His method of doing this was to invade Virginia from Washington and en- counter Lee on his own ground . At the mouth of the river James was another Union ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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