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The abolitionists now had a martyr to hold up before the unthinking , sentimental millions of the North . On the other hand , the South felt that its worst suspicions were founded in truth . Southerners , almost to a man , believed that ...
The abolitionists now had a martyr to hold up before the unthinking , sentimental millions of the North . On the other hand , the South felt that its worst suspicions were founded in truth . Southerners , almost to a man , believed that ...
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2 The confusion of ideas and impulses in the South was equaled by the hysterical state of the North in the face of actual secession . The abolitionists , or most of them , thought that nothing at all ought to be done to bring back the ...
2 The confusion of ideas and impulses in the South was equaled by the hysterical state of the North in the face of actual secession . The abolitionists , or most of them , thought that nothing at all ought to be done to bring back the ...
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Their secession leaders had told them that the population of the North was composed of blackguards and scoundrels . The people's belief in these assertions was rather half - hearted until Sherman appeared ; then they felt convinced that ...
Their secession leaders had told them that the population of the North was composed of blackguards and scoundrels . The people's belief in these assertions was rather half - hearted until Sherman appeared ; then they felt convinced that ...
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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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