Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 40
... military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to ... military career is a curious phenomenon . He never did become a soldier within the meaning that frames itself in our ...
... military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to ... military career is a curious phenomenon . He never did become a soldier within the meaning that frames itself in our ...
Page 183
... military com- missions 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 . He became a sort of military encyclopedia in the ...
... military com- missions 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 . He became a sort of military encyclopedia in the ...
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... military plans , would have disorganized the entire Con- federate system of supply and transportation , and might have brought the war to an end before 1865 . As the general commanding in the occupied territory , Grant found himself an ...
... military plans , would have disorganized the entire Con- federate system of supply and transportation , and might have brought the war to an end before 1865 . As the general commanding in the occupied territory , Grant found himself an ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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