General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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Page 100
... north . When the two wings were pinched , General Thomas in the center ( under whom were the divisions of Baird , Wood , Sheridan and Johnson ) was to charge up the west front of Missionary Ridge . Sherman had been making forced marches ...
... north . When the two wings were pinched , General Thomas in the center ( under whom were the divisions of Baird , Wood , Sheridan and Johnson ) was to charge up the west front of Missionary Ridge . Sherman had been making forced marches ...
Page 145
... North with equal vehemence was calculated to give him the entire confidence of his troops and to make him feared by ... north of Richmond ; then after destroying his lines of communication on the north side of the James River to transfer ...
... North with equal vehemence was calculated to give him the entire confidence of his troops and to make him feared by ... north of Richmond ; then after destroying his lines of communication on the north side of the James River to transfer ...
Page 146
... north side and crossing there . To provide for this last and most possible contingency , several ferry - boats of the largest class ought to be imme- diately provided . " Petersburg , twenty miles south of Richmond , was the key to the ...
... north side and crossing there . To provide for this last and most possible contingency , several ferry - boats of the largest class ought to be imme- diately provided . " Petersburg , twenty miles south of Richmond , was the key to the ...
Contents
The Saddle Back of Time | 3 |
Beginning of the Memoirs II | 11 |
A Note to Doctor Douglas West Point Mexico | 16 |
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