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... Civil Service and urged Congress to provide for a Civil Service Commission to study the problem . He strove for world.
... Civil Service and urged Congress to provide for a Civil Service Commission to study the problem . He strove for world.
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... civil government . He was about as well fitted to be the head of this nation as any chance captain of a whaling vessel . As President of the United States Taylor had to have opinions , and there were plenty of keen - minded Southern gen ...
... civil government . He was about as well fitted to be the head of this nation as any chance captain of a whaling vessel . As President of the United States Taylor had to have opinions , and there were plenty of keen - minded Southern gen ...
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... civil authority that he sat silent while Davis proceeded to carry out his own half - baked military schemes . Lee wanted to abandon Richmond in 1864 and concentrate the Southern armies at some point farther south . But Davis would not ...
... civil authority that he sat silent while Davis proceeded to carry out his own half - baked military schemes . Lee wanted to abandon Richmond in 1864 and concentrate the Southern armies at some point farther south . But Davis would not ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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