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... army and the government needed a dictator . What I now ask of you is military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . " To the complaining General Hunter he admonished , “ He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will ...
... army and the government needed a dictator . What I now ask of you is military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . " To the complaining General Hunter he admonished , “ He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will ...
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... army . That army dominates all the country and all the people within its range . Any offer of terms made by any man or men within that range , in opposi- tion to that army , is simply nothing for the pres- ent , because such man or men ...
... army . That army dominates all the country and all the people within its range . Any offer of terms made by any man or men within that range , in opposi- tion to that army , is simply nothing for the pres- ent , because such man or men ...
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... army can keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania , and , I think , can ul- timately drive it out of existence . But no paper compromise to which the controllers of Lee's army are not agreed can at all affect that army . In an effort at such ...
... army can keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania , and , I think , can ul- timately drive it out of existence . But no paper compromise to which the controllers of Lee's army are not agreed can at all affect that army . In an effort at such ...
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