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He knew that Taylor had barely five thousand men at Monterey , while the Mexican army in front of him had grown to fifteen thousand . Scott had not yet arrived at Vera Cruz , and could not possibly land there for some time .
He knew that Taylor had barely five thousand men at Monterey , while the Mexican army in front of him had grown to fifteen thousand . Scott had not yet arrived at Vera Cruz , and could not possibly land there for some time .
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Grant took up his headquarters at Savannah , on the other side of the river , and nine miles from the main body of his army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite ...
Grant took up his headquarters at Savannah , on the other side of the river , and nine miles from the main body of his army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite ...
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The business of the Army of the Potomac , as he conceived it , was to crush Lee's army and destroy it . His method of doing this was to invade Virginia from Washington and encounter Lee on his own ground .
The business of the Army of the Potomac , as he conceived it , was to crush Lee's army and destroy it . His method of doing this was to invade Virginia from Washington and encounter Lee on his own ground .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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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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