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As he rode along his lines on his cream - colored horse he saw soldiers standing in groups , out of line , out of position . . standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air .
As he rode along his lines on his cream - colored horse he saw soldiers standing in groups , out of line , out of position . . standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air .
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He says in his Memoirs that he had become merely a spectator , and that his position was most embarrassing . Halleck began to approach the Confederate position at Corinth at a rate of speed resembling that of a tortoise which has ...
He says in his Memoirs that he had become merely a spectator , and that his position was most embarrassing . Halleck began to approach the Confederate position at Corinth at a rate of speed resembling that of a tortoise which has ...
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If this battery could be taken , and the position held , then steamers would be able to come up the Tennessee either to Brown's Ferry , about three miles ( by land ) below Chattanooga , or to Kelly's Ferry , some miles further down the ...
If this battery could be taken , and the position held , then steamers would be able to come up the Tennessee either to Brown's Ferry , about three miles ( by land ) below Chattanooga , or to Kelly's Ferry , some miles further down the ...
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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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