General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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... attacked and scattered McClernand's division , which was in full retreat . . . . I saw everything favorable for us ... attack from this combined force . His men had stood up gallantly until the ammunition in their cartridge- boxes gave ...
... attacked and scattered McClernand's division , which was in full retreat . . . . I saw everything favorable for us ... attack from this combined force . His men had stood up gallantly until the ammunition in their cartridge- boxes gave ...
Page 100
... 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 Missionary Ridge ...
... 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 Missionary Ridge ...
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... attacking vigorously . While riding forward among the troops , giving the order for counter - attack ( based on the rations he found in cap- tured enemy knapsacks ) it seems that Grant carried the unlighted cigar in his hand . " In the ...
... attacking vigorously . While riding forward among the troops , giving the order for counter - attack ( based on the rations he found in cap- tured enemy knapsacks ) it seems that Grant carried the unlighted cigar in his hand . " In the ...
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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