General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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Page 40
... passed very near where Captain Porter and I were standing , struck the deck near the stern , pene- trated and passed through the cabin and so out into the river . " The boat fell back down the stream . Later in the bombardment proper a ...
... passed very near where Captain Porter and I were standing , struck the deck near the stern , pene- trated and passed through the cabin and so out into the river . " The boat fell back down the stream . Later in the bombardment proper a ...
Page 43
... passed , and the night of the 15th General Smith , with much of his division , bivou- acked within the lines of the enemy . There was now no doubt but that the Confederates must surrender or be captured the next day . Of the hundreds of ...
... passed , and the night of the 15th General Smith , with much of his division , bivou- acked within the lines of the enemy . There was now no doubt but that the Confederates must surrender or be captured the next day . Of the hundreds of ...
Page 107
... passed a bill to restore Grant his rank and place him on the retired list of the Army . For party reasons the bill was defeated in the House on February 16 , the anniversary of Fort Donelson . ( At a later time , though too late to ...
... passed a bill to restore Grant his rank and place him on the retired list of the Army . For party reasons the bill was defeated in the House on February 16 , the anniversary of Fort Donelson . ( At a later time , though too late to ...
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