General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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... close as anybody to being Grant's literary mentor and who was good enough in addition to his reminiscences to give me verbal material for the early chapters ; to the custodian of the Grant homestead at Galena , Illinois ; to Colonel ...
... close as anybody to being Grant's literary mentor and who was good enough in addition to his reminiscences to give me verbal material for the early chapters ; to the custodian of the Grant homestead at Galena , Illinois ; to Colonel ...
Page 144
... close of the Battle of Cold Harbor , " the biographer McCormick sums up , " Lee had every reason to feel pleased . The feebleness of the attacks , the de- spondency of the prisoners , Grant's asking permission to rescue his wounded ...
... close of the Battle of Cold Harbor , " the biographer McCormick sums up , " Lee had every reason to feel pleased . The feebleness of the attacks , the de- spondency of the prisoners , Grant's asking permission to rescue his wounded ...
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... close up the ranks . Bullets were now humming like a swarm of bees about our heads , and shells were crashing through the ranks . A musket - ball pierced the battle - flag ; another killed the sergeant who had carried it ; another ...
... close up the ranks . Bullets were now humming like a swarm of bees about our heads , and shells were crashing through the ranks . A musket - ball pierced the battle - flag ; another killed the sergeant who had carried it ; another ...
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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