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arrest him at present , but have placed General C. F. Smith in command of the expedition up the Tennessee . I think Smith will restore order and discipline . Grant came back to Fort Donelson in a few days and found a telegram from ...
arrest him at present , but have placed General C. F. Smith in command of the expedition up the Tennessee . I think Smith will restore order and discipline . Grant came back to Fort Donelson in a few days and found a telegram from ...
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was instructed , in a formal order , to proceed to Ilinois , Indiana and Iowa , for the purpose of raising an army of volunteers , “ to the end that , when a sufficient force not required by the operations of General Grant's command ...
was instructed , in a formal order , to proceed to Ilinois , Indiana and Iowa , for the purpose of raising an army of volunteers , “ to the end that , when a sufficient force not required by the operations of General Grant's command ...
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He took command and Sherman became his subordinate . But the persistent Halieck was still nagging away on the McClernand matter in Washington , and he contrived to get an order through , with the approval of the higher powers ...
He took command and Sherman became his subordinate . But the persistent Halieck was still nagging away on the McClernand matter in Washington , and he contrived to get an order through , with the approval of the higher powers ...
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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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