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The fact is that he possessed absolutely no native talent for soldiering — and he did not like the military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to its processes ...
The fact is that he possessed absolutely no native talent for soldiering — and he did not like the military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to its processes ...
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In the meantime , the governor was distributing military commissions right and left to men who knew nothing whatever about army organization . These untrained officers got in the habit of coming to Grant and asking him what to do .
In the meantime , the governor was distributing military commissions right and left to men who knew nothing whatever about army organization . These untrained officers got in the habit of coming to Grant and asking him what to do .
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265 Such a cross - country campaign would have upset all the Confederate military plans , would have disorganized the entire Confederate system of supply and transportation , and might have brought the war to an end before 1865 .
265 Such a cross - country campaign would have upset all the Confederate military plans , would have disorganized the entire Confederate system of supply and transportation , and might have brought the war to an end before 1865 .
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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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