General Grant's Last Stand; a BiographyScribner, 1936 - 334 pages |
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Page 96
... received . They had made a long and tiresome ride and were soaking wet , but as yet nothing had been done to relieve their discomfort . They had found shelter but appar- ently nothing more . It is a fact worth recording that neither he ...
... received . They had made a long and tiresome ride and were soaking wet , but as yet nothing had been done to relieve their discomfort . They had found shelter but appar- ently nothing more . It is a fact worth recording that neither he ...
Page 210
... received your note of this day . Though not entertain- ing the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further re- sistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia , I recip- rocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood ...
... received your note of this day . Though not entertain- ing the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further re- sistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia , I recip- rocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood ...
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... received the same impression as had others ; that he was a man of iron self - control . Johnson was aston- ished that the General opened up his heart about the failure of Grant & Ward and seemed to indicate as a foundation for any new ...
... received the same impression as had others ; that he was a man of iron self - control . Johnson was aston- ished that the General opened up his heart about the failure of Grant & Ward and seemed to indicate as a foundation for any new ...
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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