Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 217
... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
Page 442
... soon after Grant became President he remarked that the navy department wanted Samana Bay , on the east coast of San Domingo , as a coaling station , and that he intended to send Colonel Babcock down to San Domingo to examine the harbor ...
... soon after Grant became President he remarked that the navy department wanted Samana Bay , on the east coast of San Domingo , as a coaling station , and that he intended to send Colonel Babcock down to San Domingo to examine the harbor ...
Page 477
... soon after- ward was elected president of the Mexican Southern Railway . The arrangement with this railroad was peculiar . I cannot make out that he received either salary or stock for his services . What was behind it I do not know ...
... soon after- ward was elected president of the Mexican Southern Railway . The arrangement with this railroad was peculiar . I cannot make out that he received either salary or stock for his services . What was behind it I do not know ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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