Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 122
... wrote to Jefferson Davis , the Secretary of War at that time , and begged him to take Ulysses back in the army . " I never wished him to leave the servis , " Jesse wrote . " I think after spending so much time to qualify himself for the ...
... wrote to Jefferson Davis , the Secretary of War at that time , and begged him to take Ulysses back in the army . " I never wished him to leave the servis , " Jesse wrote . " I think after spending so much time to qualify himself for the ...
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... wrote ponderously in the New York Tribune that secession was justifiable , and that he was glad the slave states were saying good - by . Wendell Phillips delivered an impassioned , erratic speech in which he declared that a war against ...
... wrote ponderously in the New York Tribune that secession was justifiable , and that he was glad the slave states were saying good - by . Wendell Phillips delivered an impassioned , erratic speech in which he declared that a war against ...
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... wrote in his Diary : " I know my ribs stick out , being covered by skin only , for the want of sufficient food ; and this is the case with many thou- sands of non - producers , while there is enough for all if it were equally ...
... wrote in his Diary : " I know my ribs stick out , being covered by skin only , for the want of sufficient food ; and this is the case with many thou- sands of non - producers , while there is enough for all if it were equally ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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