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During the campaign he remained at his home in Galena , made no speeches and seldom appeared in public . His majority of the popular vote was only 309,000 .. a result which was disappointing to the Republican managers .
During the campaign he remained at his home in Galena , made no speeches and seldom appeared in public . His majority of the popular vote was only 309,000 .. a result which was disappointing to the Republican managers .
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4 Jay Gould and James Fisk , Jr. , shrewd money - makers and complete rascals , planned a speculative campaign to obtain a corner on gold in the summer of 1869. There was not much gold in the country outside the national treasury ...
4 Jay Gould and James Fisk , Jr. , shrewd money - makers and complete rascals , planned a speculative campaign to obtain a corner on gold in the summer of 1869. There was not much gold in the country outside the national treasury ...
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California , 98 Andersonville , Ga . , Confederate Grant sent to , 106 , 118 prison in , 342 Campaign of 1860 , 162 et seq . Atlanta , Ga . , Sherman in , 335 Campaign of 1864 , war opposition expressed in , 310 Babcock , Orville B.
California , 98 Andersonville , Ga . , Confederate Grant sent to , 106 , 118 prison in , 342 Campaign of 1860 , 162 et seq . Atlanta , Ga . , Sherman in , 335 Campaign of 1864 , war opposition expressed in , 310 Babcock , Orville B.
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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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