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Among the patriotic songs of the day was " The Battle - Cry of Freedom , ” by George Frederick Root . It was more popular toward the end of the war than " John Brown's Body . ” It was a fierce , shouting chant , and ran like this : Yes ...
Among the patriotic songs of the day was " The Battle - Cry of Freedom , ” by George Frederick Root . It was more popular toward the end of the war than " John Brown's Body . ” It was a fierce , shouting chant , and ran like this : Yes ...
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Cerro Gordo , battle of , 93-94 Beauregard , Peter G. T. , 175 , 246 , Chancellorsville , battle of , 200 , 257 , 330 et seq . 313 Beecher , Henry Ward , 129 , 151 Chandler , Zachariah , 105 , 356 Belknap , W. W. , financial ...
Cerro Gordo , battle of , 93-94 Beauregard , Peter G. T. , 175 , 246 , Chancellorsville , battle of , 200 , 257 , 330 et seq . 313 Beecher , Henry Ward , 129 , 151 Chandler , Zachariah , 105 , 356 Belknap , W. W. , financial ...
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Memoirs , Ulysses S. Grant , cited throughout Mexican War , campaigns , 80 et seq . , 87 et seq . causes , 62 , 74 Mexico , French invasion , 367 Missionary Ridge , battle of , 304 er seq . Missouri Compromise , 69 , 70 , 71 , 97 , 111 ...
Memoirs , Ulysses S. Grant , cited throughout Mexican War , campaigns , 80 et seq . , 87 et seq . causes , 62 , 74 Mexico , French invasion , 367 Missionary Ridge , battle of , 304 er seq . Missouri Compromise , 69 , 70 , 71 , 97 , 111 ...
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CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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