Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 2Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... Major - General Halleck . Delay is ruining us , and it is indispensable for me to have something definite . " Halleck on the 6th ordered General Grant - at Cairo , in command of the Paducah district " to make a demonstration in force on ...
... Major - General Halleck . Delay is ruining us , and it is indispensable for me to have something definite . " Halleck on the 6th ordered General Grant - at Cairo , in command of the Paducah district " to make a demonstration in force on ...
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... Major - General of Volunteers . Lincoln undoubtedly desired a change in the head of the department , not on account of personal differences between himself and Mr. Cameron or any special misdoing , but from mo- tives of public policy ...
... Major - General of Volunteers . Lincoln undoubtedly desired a change in the head of the department , not on account of personal differences between himself and Mr. Cameron or any special misdoing , but from mo- tives of public policy ...
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... Major Edward R. S. Canby , a Kentuckian by birth . The Democratic Territorial Governor , Abraham Rencher , was loyal , and the pop- ular sentiment inclined strongly the same way . On recommendation of Rencher's successor , Henry Con ...
... Major Edward R. S. Canby , a Kentuckian by birth . The Democratic Territorial Governor , Abraham Rencher , was loyal , and the pop- ular sentiment inclined strongly the same way . On recommendation of Rencher's successor , Henry Con ...
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... Major - General's commission , yet the command of the Army of the Tennessee was directly after given to Gen- eral Charles F. Smith , a most worthy and capable offi- cer , who had held a subordinate place . Savannah , on the east bank of ...
... Major - General's commission , yet the command of the Army of the Tennessee was directly after given to Gen- eral Charles F. Smith , a most worthy and capable offi- cer , who had held a subordinate place . Savannah , on the east bank of ...
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... Major - General E. A. Hitchcock ( then on duty at Washington as military adviser ) for investiga- tion and report . Their conclusion was that the pro- posed force to cover the capital was entirely inade- quate . " The President ...
... Major - General E. A. Hitchcock ( then on duty at Washington as military adviser ) for investiga- tion and report . Their conclusion was that the pro- posed force to cover the capital was entirely inade- quate . " The President ...
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