General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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... Buckner who ten years later was hoisted into the command of Fort Donelson in the middle of the battle by that name . It was this General Buckner , there- fore , whom Grant called upon for " unconditional and immediate surrender . . . I ...
... Buckner who ten years later was hoisted into the command of Fort Donelson in the middle of the battle by that name . It was this General Buckner , there- fore , whom Grant called upon for " unconditional and immediate surrender . . . I ...
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... Buckner . Buckner and Grant , old friends at West Point , and in Mexico , had an unofficial chat after the fight — one of those strange reunions between victor and vanquished that could have happened nowhere on earth except in a battle ...
... Buckner . Buckner and Grant , old friends at West Point , and in Mexico , had an unofficial chat after the fight — one of those strange reunions between victor and vanquished that could have happened nowhere on earth except in a battle ...
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... Buckner , his contemporary at " The Point " ; Buckner , who , when he was penniless on resigning from the army " lent " him money to return home ; Buckner , who had surrendered to him Fort Donelson in spite of " the ungenerous and ...
... Buckner , his contemporary at " The Point " ; Buckner , who , when he was penniless on resigning from the army " lent " him money to return home ; Buckner , who had surrendered to him Fort Donelson in spite of " the ungenerous and ...
Contents
The Saddle Back of Time | 3 |
Beginning of the Memoirs II | 11 |
A Note to Doctor Douglas West Point Mexico | 16 |
Copyright | |
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