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The effect of this policy was to scatter their forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat , and afraid to take large risks . Caution is excellent in its place ...
The effect of this policy was to scatter their forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat , and afraid to take large risks . Caution is excellent in its place ...
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After the end of the war , when Sheridan was made a lieutenant - general , instead of Meade , on Grant's recommendation , we find this passage in Meade's letters to his wife : " My own sweet love , you can imagine the force of the blow ...
After the end of the war , when Sheridan was made a lieutenant - general , instead of Meade , on Grant's recommendation , we find this passage in Meade's letters to his wife : " My own sweet love , you can imagine the force of the blow ...
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The Union forces might have gone ahead like a steam - roller and smashed Beauregard , but they didn't . ... wrote down their observations , and did everything they could think of except attack Beauregard in force .
The Union forces might have gone ahead like a steam - roller and smashed Beauregard , but they didn't . ... wrote down their observations , and did everything they could think of except attack Beauregard in force .
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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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