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Cant helt * 777 later the same day he wired again to Frémont : " Unless I hear from you to the contrary , I shall move on Paducah to - night . " Then he sat down and waited until nearly midnight , while his capering soldier boys played ...
Cant helt * 777 later the same day he wired again to Frémont : " Unless I hear from you to the contrary , I shall move on Paducah to - night . " Then he sat down and waited until nearly midnight , while his capering soldier boys played ...
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Grant decided to move his army to the south side of the James . He would then stand between Richmond and the states to the south . It would be Lee , instead of Grant , who would have to defend his line of supplies , for Grant could ...
Grant decided to move his army to the south side of the James . He would then stand between Richmond and the states to the south . It would be Lee , instead of Grant , who would have to defend his line of supplies , for Grant could ...
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331 so unwere that the head of the column should move against it with the least possible delay after crossing the river . The Union forces might have gone ahead like a steam - roller and smashed Beauregard , but they didn't .
331 so unwere that the head of the column should move against it with the least possible delay after crossing the river . The Union forces might have gone ahead like a steam - roller and smashed Beauregard , but they didn't .
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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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