Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 52
Page 234
... papers as intently as if they contained magic formulas , though they usually had nothing in them but rumors which sounded like the literary creations of a madhouse ... Paper Money 235 The Confederate treasury went on 234 Meet General Grant.
... papers as intently as if they contained magic formulas , though they usually had nothing in them but rumors which sounded like the literary creations of a madhouse ... Paper Money 235 The Confederate treasury went on 234 Meet General Grant.
Page 235
... paper money was at par - until July , 1861 - and then it began to sink in value . By September of 1862 a Confederate paper dollar was worth fifty cents in gold ; by August of 1863 , twelve Confederate dollars were exchanged for a dollar ...
... paper money was at par - until July , 1861 - and then it began to sink in value . By September of 1862 a Confederate paper dollar was worth fifty cents in gold ; by August of 1863 , twelve Confederate dollars were exchanged for a dollar ...
Page 385
... paper and drew a skull in red ink at the top of the sheet . On the paper I wrote in a childish scrawl : " John Woolley . God damn your soul , " and continued with this rhyme : Here's your coffin and spade ; In your grave you'll soon be ...
... paper and drew a skull in red ink at the top of the sheet . On the paper I wrote in a childish scrawl : " John Woolley . God damn your soul , " and continued with this rhyme : Here's your coffin and spade ; In your grave you'll soon be ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
31 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolitionists American appeared Badeau bank battle became began bonds Bonnie Blue Flag cadet campaign Captain Carolina cent Civil Colonel command Confederacy Confederate Congress cotton declared Democrats Dent Donelson Federal fight Fort Donelson Frémont friends Galena Garrison gold Grant & Ward gunboats Halleck hand headquarters Horace Porter horses hundred idea Jefferson Davis Jesse Grant Johnson Julia knew land Lee's letter Lincoln lived looked McClellan McClernand Memoirs ment Mexican Mexico miles military Mississippi Missouri Missouri Compromise negro never newspaper North Northern officers paper person political President railroad Rawlins regiment Republican Richmond river says secession Senate sent Sherman side slave slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern steamers stood Tennessee Texas things thought thousand dollars tion took troops turned Ulysses Union army Vicksburg vote wanted Ward Washington West Point wrote York young