Meet General Grant |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 53
Page 200
... forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat ... force of Confederates . And at Fort Donelson , Grant's army , smaller than that of the Confederates at the beginning ...
... forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat ... force of Confederates . And at Fort Donelson , Grant's army , smaller than that of the Confederates at the beginning ...
Page 316
... force of the blow , but we must find consolation in the consciousness .. that it is the cruelest and meanest act of injustice , and the hope , if there is any sense of wrong or justice in the country , that the man who perpetrated it ...
... force of the blow , but we must find consolation in the consciousness .. that it is the cruelest and meanest act of injustice , and the hope , if there is any sense of wrong or justice in the country , that the man who perpetrated it ...
Page 331
... force . The fact is that the Army of the Potomac was so un- nerved after Cold Harbor that it had lost its dash . For months there was a pronounced reluctance on the part of the rank and file to go up against Confederate entrenchments ...
... force . The fact is that the Army of the Potomac was so un- nerved after Cold Harbor that it had lost its dash . For months there was a pronounced reluctance on the part of the rank and file to go up against Confederate entrenchments ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
Copyright | |
26 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolitionists American Andrew Johnson appeared Badeau bank battle became began bonds cabinet cadet campaign carpet-baggers cent Civil Colonel command Confederacy Confederate Congress cotton Davis declared Democrats Dent Donelson fighting Fort Donelson Frémont friends Galena gold Grant & Ward Halleck hand Horace Porter horses hundred idea Jefferson Davis Jesse Grant John Johnson knew Ku-Klux land Lee's letter Lincoln lived looked March McClellan McClernand Memoirs ment Mexican Mexico miles military mind Mississippi Missouri Compromise negro never newspapers North Northern officers paper party person political President Radical railroad Rawlins regiment Republican Richmond river says secession Secretary Senate sent Sherman slave slavery soldiers South Carolina Southern steamers stood Sumner talk Tennessee things thought thousand dollars tion took troops turned Ulysses Union army Vicksburg vote wanted Ward Washington West Point wrote York young