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CHAPTER XXVI GRANT BECOMES PRESIDENT § 1 T ( HE war between the President and Congress began in a splutter of speeches and threats . If Johnson had shown any desire to meet the moderates half - way , he might have voted down the ...
CHAPTER XXVI GRANT BECOMES PRESIDENT § 1 T ( HE war between the President and Congress began in a splutter of speeches and threats . If Johnson had shown any desire to meet the moderates half - way , he might have voted down the ...
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Congress. Defies. Johnson. 389 newspaper man with the presidential party , “ to see the President of the United States standing on a platform , facing a laughing and indifferent crowd , his face flushed with passion , his hands ...
Congress. Defies. Johnson. 389 newspaper man with the presidential party , “ to see the President of the United States standing on a platform , facing a laughing and indifferent crowd , his face flushed with passion , his hands ...
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He was removed - or suspendedin 1867 , immediately after Congress adjourned , and General Grant was appointed Secretary of War ad interim . Johnson , at that time , still thought that Grant was on his side in the controversy with ...
He was removed - or suspendedin 1867 , immediately after Congress adjourned , and General Grant was appointed Secretary of War ad interim . Johnson , at that time , still thought that Grant was on his side in the controversy with ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 1404749136, 9781404749139 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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