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2 In the inside pocket of his faded blue uniform coat Captain Grant carried a package of time - worn letters . ... Once he went about the post showing a letter - sheet with the inky print of a baby's hand on it ... the hand of Ulysses ...
2 In the inside pocket of his faded blue uniform coat Captain Grant carried a package of time - worn letters . ... Once he went about the post showing a letter - sheet with the inky print of a baby's hand on it ... the hand of Ulysses ...
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Here is a sample of his bad humor , contained in a letter written by him to Secretary Chase on February 19 , 1863 : . I write you this morning to send you a copy of a private letter I have from our army in front of Vicksburg .
Here is a sample of his bad humor , contained in a letter written by him to Secretary Chase on February 19 , 1863 : . I write you this morning to send you a copy of a private letter I have from our army in front of Vicksburg .
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In an angry letter Johnson accused Grant of not keeping his word . Grant replied that he had never given the President any reason to believe that he would disobey the law , and that he considered Congress the final authority .
In an angry letter Johnson accused Grant of not keeping his word . Grant replied that he had never given the President any reason to believe that he would disobey the law , and that he considered Congress the final authority .
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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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