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Page 81
During the days fight I scarsely thought of the probability of being touched myself ( although 9 lb. shots were whistling all round ) until near the close of the evening a shot struck the ranks a little ways in front of me and nocked ...
During the days fight I scarsely thought of the probability of being touched myself ( although 9 lb. shots were whistling all round ) until near the close of the evening a shot struck the ranks a little ways in front of me and nocked ...
Page 174
Of course , the idea of preserving the Union , there was that ... but would men fight for such a cloudy abstraction ? ... In this , as in all wars , most of the actual fighting was done by poor people who had nothing at stake and who ...
Of course , the idea of preserving the Union , there was that ... but would men fight for such a cloudy abstraction ? ... In this , as in all wars , most of the actual fighting was done by poor people who had nothing at stake and who ...
Page 321
Fights. 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 ...
Fights. 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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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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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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