Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 105
... brought into court . Chandler conducted his own case with wonderful vitupera- tion . He declared that the officers were all idle loafers , doing nothing and living on the community . Turning to Grant and his officer friends , he said ...
... brought into court . Chandler conducted his own case with wonderful vitupera- tion . He declared that the officers were all idle loafers , doing nothing and living on the community . Turning to Grant and his officer friends , he said ...
Page 265
... brought the war to an end before 1865 . As the general commanding in the occupied territory , Grant found himself an administrator as well as a soldier . · • In his capacity as military governor he was besieged by a buzzing crowd of ...
... brought the war to an end before 1865 . As the general commanding in the occupied territory , Grant found himself an administrator as well as a soldier . · • In his capacity as military governor he was besieged by a buzzing crowd of ...
Page 384
... brought to a close by a quiet mur- der also by unknown parties . Most of the army officers shared with the Southerners an active dislike for the politicians and carpet - baggers . It was a curious situation . The garrisons spent money ...
... brought to a close by a quiet mur- der also by unknown parties . Most of the army officers shared with the Southerners an active dislike for the politicians and carpet - baggers . It was a curious situation . The garrisons spent money ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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