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At the close of the first year he ranked forty - ninth in French in a class of sixty members , but in mathematics he stood sixteenth . In the second year he held the tenth place in mathematics among the fifty - three men remaining in ...
At the close of the first year he ranked forty - ninth in French in a class of sixty members , but in mathematics he stood sixteenth . In the second year he held the tenth place in mathematics among the fifty - three men remaining in ...
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It is indeed a disconcerting sound , but Grant stood it without flinching . He said later that he had been too busy to be afraid . The Mexicans were badly beaten at Palo Alto , and retreated during the night to Resaca de la Palma — a ...
It is indeed a disconcerting sound , but Grant stood it without flinching . He said later that he had been too busy to be afraid . The Mexicans were badly beaten at Palo Alto , and retreated during the night to Resaca de la Palma — a ...
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A fleet , of Union gunboats was in the river above it , ready to descend , and Halleck's army stood at Corinth in its rear . Under these conditions it was certain that Memphis would be lost to the Confederacy in a few weeks .
A fleet , of Union gunboats was in the river above it , ready to descend , and Halleck's army stood at Corinth in its rear . Under these conditions it was certain that Memphis would be lost to the Confederacy in a few weeks .
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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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