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Page 89
... army had not been composed of such wretchedly poor human material . His soldiers were half - breed conscripts , driven to the army in gangs . They had no interest in the war , nor much conception of what it was about . With this rag - tag ...
... army had not been composed of such wretchedly poor human material . His soldiers were half - breed conscripts , driven to the army in gangs . They had no interest in the war , nor much conception of what it was about . With this rag - tag ...
Page 247
... army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite , and coming home in the evening . There is no satisfactory explanation as to why Grant did not remain with his army ...
... army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite , and coming home in the evening . There is no satisfactory explanation as to why Grant did not remain with his army ...
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... 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 en- counter Lee on his own ground . At the mouth of the river James was another Union ...
... 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 en- counter Lee on his own ground . At the mouth of the river James was another Union ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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