General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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Page 39
... asked permis- sion of the general commanding the department to go to see him at St. Louis . My object was to lay this plan of campaign before him . Now that my views had been con- firmed by so able a general as Smith , I renewed my re ...
... asked permis- sion of the general commanding the department to go to see him at St. Louis . My object was to lay this plan of campaign before him . Now that my views had been con- firmed by so able a general as Smith , I renewed my re ...
Page 49
... asked to be relieved from further duty in the department . " There were more messages back and forth between Grant and Halleck and many between Halleck and Washington ; but Grant still asked to be relieved - in other words for ...
... asked to be relieved from further duty in the department . " There were more messages back and forth between Grant and Halleck and many between Halleck and Washington ; but Grant still asked to be relieved - in other words for ...
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... asked for terms . ยท On the morning of July 4 , 1863 , Pemberton in evil humor surrendered 31,000 men and 172 pieces of artil- lery . Charles A. Dana , Assistant Secretary of War and observer for the War Department , wired to Stanton ...
... asked for terms . ยท On the morning of July 4 , 1863 , Pemberton in evil humor surrendered 31,000 men and 172 pieces of artil- lery . Charles A. Dana , Assistant Secretary of War and observer for the War Department , wired to Stanton ...
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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