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A virile name is Hiram , devoid of sweetness , and carrying a sense of muscular strength . No doubt it was hoped by the hard - handed tree - choppers of the family that Ulysses would fade into the obscurity of an anonymous middle ...
A virile name is Hiram , devoid of sweetness , and carrying a sense of muscular strength . No doubt it was hoped by the hard - handed tree - choppers of the family that Ulysses would fade into the obscurity of an anonymous middle ...
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It was not in any sense an established national capital . The departments of the Confederate government camped in temporary headquarters , in buildings hastily adapted to their use . The Tredegar Iron Works , which were to the South ...
It was not in any sense an established national capital . The departments of the Confederate government camped in temporary headquarters , in buildings hastily adapted to their use . The Tredegar Iron Works , which were to the South ...
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Grant's Common Sense 203 he had the vision to see the war in its larger and simpler aspects . In his mind the successful conduct of the war implied only two modes of action . One was to defeat the Confederate armies , and the other was ...
Grant's Common Sense 203 he had the vision to see the war in its larger and simpler aspects . In his mind the successful conduct of the war implied only two modes of action . One was to defeat the Confederate armies , and the other was ...
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User Review - pjsullivan - LibraryThingThis biography of Grant extends into a history of his times. The writing is informed, elegant, readable, and interesting. And very quotable: "Certainly no man can be a Christian and a soldier at the ... Read full review
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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