Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 183
... never went into a battle willingly or with enthusiasm , and I never want to com- mand another army . " In following the impulse of duty he wrote to the War De- partment at Washington early in 1861 , stated who he was , and said that he ...
... never went into a battle willingly or with enthusiasm , and I never want to com- mand another army . " In following the impulse of duty he wrote to the War De- partment at Washington early in 1861 , stated who he was , and said that he ...
Page 188
... never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot afterwards . From that event to the close of the war , I never experi- enced trepidation upon confronting an enemy , though I always felt more or less anxiety . I never forgot that he ...
... never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot afterwards . From that event to the close of the war , I never experi- enced trepidation upon confronting an enemy , though I always felt more or less anxiety . I never forgot that he ...
Page 260
... never do any wrong , nor make a mistake ; while those outside his tribe never could do anything that was wholly right . The first member of the Grant clan was Rawlins , and the next was Sherman . The Grant and Sherman mutual admira ...
... never do any wrong , nor make a mistake ; while those outside his tribe never could do anything that was wholly right . The first member of the Grant clan was Rawlins , and the next was Sherman . The Grant and Sherman mutual admira ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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