Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 209
... troops from Columbus and Belmont . So he instructed Grant to move down the river and " make a demonstration " against the Confederate position . Making a demonstration is a military term which means hovering about an enemy's position in ...
... troops from Columbus and Belmont . So he instructed Grant to move down the river and " make a demonstration " against the Confederate position . Making a demonstration is a military term which means hovering about an enemy's position in ...
Page 290
... troops arrived unexpectedly on the squashy banks of the creek . They drove off the Confederates , but it took three days to raise the trees from the stream so the gunboats could gingerly back out . The attempts along the line of the ...
... troops arrived unexpectedly on the squashy banks of the creek . They drove off the Confederates , but it took three days to raise the trees from the stream so the gunboats could gingerly back out . The attempts along the line of the ...
Page 294
... troops were carried across , a regiment at a time . At last the Union army stood on the Vicksburg side , on high ground , with an open road before it . But it came across without supplies , except three days ' cooked rations , which the ...
... troops were carried across , a regiment at a time . At last the Union army stood on the Vicksburg side , on high ground , with an open road before it . But it came across without supplies , except three days ' cooked rations , which the ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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