Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 200
... forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat ... force of Confederates . And at Fort Donelson , Grant's army , smaller than that of the Confederates at the beginning ...
... forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat ... force of Confederates . And at Fort Donelson , Grant's army , smaller than that of the Confederates at the beginning ...
Page 316
... force of the blow , but we must find consolation in the consciousness that it is the cruelest and meanest act of injustice , and the hope , if there is any sense of wrong or justice in the country , that the man who perpetrated it will ...
... force of the blow , but we must find consolation in the consciousness that it is the cruelest and meanest act of injustice , and the hope , if there is any sense of wrong or justice in the country , that the man who perpetrated it will ...
Page 331
... force . The fact is that the Army of the Potomac was so un- nerved after Cold Harbor that it had lost its dash . For months there was a pronounced reluctance on the part of the rank and file to go up against Confederate entrenchments ...
... force . The fact is that the Army of the Potomac was so un- nerved after Cold Harbor that it had lost its dash . For months there was a pronounced reluctance on the part of the rank and file to go up against Confederate entrenchments ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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