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321 that , despite his heavy losses , Grant had as many men at the end of the campaign as he had at the beginning . The North , even as determined as it was at that time on the conquest of the South , was aghast at this enormous ...
321 that , despite his heavy losses , Grant had as many men at the end of the campaign as he had at the beginning . The North , even as determined as it was at that time on the conquest of the South , was aghast at this enormous ...
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During the campaign he remained at his home in Galena , made no speeches and seldom appeared in public . His majority of the popular vote was only 309,000 . . . a result which was disappointing to the Republican managers .
During the campaign he remained at his home in Galena , made no speeches and seldom appeared in public . His majority of the popular vote was only 309,000 . . . a result which was disappointing to the Republican managers .
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California , 98 Andersonville , Ga . , Confederate Grant sent to , 106 , 118 prison in , 342 Campaign of 1860 , 162 et seq . Atlanta , Ga . , Sherman in , 335 Campaign of 1864 , war opposition expressed in , 310 Babcock , Orville B.
California , 98 Andersonville , Ga . , Confederate Grant sent to , 106 , 118 prison in , 342 Campaign of 1860 , 162 et seq . Atlanta , Ga . , Sherman in , 335 Campaign of 1864 , war opposition expressed in , 310 Babcock , Orville B.
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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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