General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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Page 100
... Sherman was then to attack Missionary Ridge from the 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 ...
... Sherman was then to attack Missionary Ridge from the 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 ...
Page 161
... Sherman worried about what the other fellow was doing . Sherman did not relish the change of commanders . He said that you could calculate Johns- ton's movements with some degree of accuracy from the known rules of war , but that Hood's ...
... Sherman worried about what the other fellow was doing . Sherman did not relish the change of commanders . He said that you could calculate Johns- ton's movements with some degree of accuracy from the known rules of war , but that Hood's ...
Page 195
... Sherman ] I said : " General , you are going to join Sherman ? " He said : " No. " I said : " How are you going to get out of it ? This order is positive and ex- plicit . " He said : " I am not going to join Sherman . " I said : " Why ...
... Sherman ] I said : " General , you are going to join Sherman ? " He said : " No. " I said : " How are you going to get out of it ? This order is positive and ex- plicit . " He said : " I am not going to join Sherman . " I said : " Why ...
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