General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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Page 70
... Porter's gunboats got hopelessly tangled and battered . Porter summed up the situation in a single sentence : " I never yet saw vessels so well adapted to knocking down trees , hauling them up by the roots , or demolishing bridges . " A ...
... Porter's gunboats got hopelessly tangled and battered . Porter summed up the situation in a single sentence : " I never yet saw vessels so well adapted to knocking down trees , hauling them up by the roots , or demolishing bridges . " A ...
Page 172
... Porter , " The enemy's shells were begin- ning to fall on the knoll where General Grant was seated on the stump of a tree , and it looked for a while as if the tide of battle would sweep over that point of the field . He rose slowly to ...
... Porter , " The enemy's shells were begin- ning to fall on the knoll where General Grant was seated on the stump of a tree , and it looked for a while as if the tide of battle would sweep over that point of the field . He rose slowly to ...
Page 198
... Porter rode back and forth acting as Grant's eyes and ears and spent most of the night of the 31st and of April 1 with Sheridan . According to Porter : But the movement [ Warren's ] was slow , the required for- mation seemed to drag ...
... Porter rode back and forth acting as Grant's eyes and ears and spent most of the night of the 31st and of April 1 with Sheridan . According to Porter : But the movement [ Warren's ] was slow , the required for- mation seemed to drag ...
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