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... Grant - now a major - general , but on Stanton's nomination the morning after the news of Donelson came , long before the arrival of Halleck's request for his promotion . Grant's " army seems to be as much de- moralized by the victory ...
... Grant - now a major - general , but on Stanton's nomination the morning after the news of Donelson came , long before the arrival of Halleck's request for his promotion . Grant's " army seems to be as much de- moralized by the victory ...
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... Grant assumed were solely to reinforce his command ) , and attack Vicksburg from the river , while Grant himself worked down into the rear of the fortress . This plan Grant submitted to Washington by wire on December 8 , at the same ...
... Grant assumed were solely to reinforce his command ) , and attack Vicksburg from the river , while Grant himself worked down into the rear of the fortress . This plan Grant submitted to Washington by wire on December 8 , at the same ...
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... Grant , who quite early in the game put Stanton in his place about troop movements , and as effectively as the Secretary had doused him on the cipher question . Grant had been rapidly drafting off the troops in the Washington forts to ...
... Grant , who quite early in the game put Stanton in his place about troop movements , and as effectively as the Secretary had doused him on the cipher question . Grant had been rapidly drafting off the troops in the Washington forts to ...
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