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... called - had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompany- ing fleet of gunboats , up the Tennessee river , moving south- ward under General C. F. Smith . As the bright bayonets ...
... called - had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompany- ing fleet of gunboats , up the Tennessee river , moving south- ward under General C. F. Smith . As the bright bayonets ...
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... called Yazoo Pass , but the pass had been closed by a levee , as the great river , in the spring floods , ran into the Yazoo in such volume that it drowned out the low - lying plantations . Grant conceived the idea of cutting away the ...
... called Yazoo Pass , but the pass had been closed by a levee , as the great river , in the spring floods , ran into the Yazoo in such volume that it drowned out the low - lying plantations . Grant conceived the idea of cutting away the ...
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... called aid that has been given him has been pretty thoroughly misguided . § 3 On Christmas Eve of the year 1865 , six young men were killing time in a law office in Pulaski , Tennessee . One of them suggested that they get up a secret ...
... called aid that has been given him has been pretty thoroughly misguided . § 3 On Christmas Eve of the year 1865 , six young men were killing time in a law office in Pulaski , Tennessee . One of them suggested that they get up a secret ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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