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At that time there was a common saying among the enlisted men that " if you hit Rawlins on the head , you'll knock out Grant's brains . ” Grant was never very popular with the soldiers of his army . They hardly ever saw him .
At that time there was a common saying among the enlisted men that " if you hit Rawlins on the head , you'll knock out Grant's brains . ” Grant was never very popular with the soldiers of his army . They hardly ever saw him .
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Did you ever in all your life see the head of a human being which so closely resembled that of a codfish ? " “ He is not responsible for his head or his face , ” the officer remarked . “ A man of fifty is responsible for his face ...
Did you ever in all your life see the head of a human being which so closely resembled that of a codfish ? " “ He is not responsible for his head or his face , ” the officer remarked . “ A man of fifty is responsible for his face ...
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The General said to John Russell Young : I received nothing but the utmost kindness from every Englishman from the head of the nation down . Next to my own country , there is none I love so much as England . Some of the newspapers at ...
The General said to John Russell Young : I received nothing but the utmost kindness from every Englishman from the head of the nation down . Next to my own country , there is none I love so much as England . Some of the newspapers at ...
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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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