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But the persistent Halieck was still nagging away on the McClernand matter in Washington , and he contrived to get an order through , with the approval of the higher powers , that McClernand was to command the Vicksburg expedition only ...
But the persistent Halieck was still nagging away on the McClernand matter in Washington , and he contrived to get an order through , with the approval of the higher powers , that McClernand was to command the Vicksburg expedition only ...
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That would not do at all — looking at the matter from the Republican standpoint , and considering the probability that the Southern delegations would be solidly Democratic . The Southern Democrats , combined with those of the North and ...
That would not do at all — looking at the matter from the Republican standpoint , and considering the probability that the Southern delegations would be solidly Democratic . The Southern Democrats , combined with those of the North and ...
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It was his purpose to test the matter in the case of Stanton and Grant . He said that this situation had been explained to General Grant , and that Grant had agreed to hold on to the secretaryship despite the action of the Senate ...
It was his purpose to test the matter in the case of Stanton and Grant . He said that this situation had been explained to General Grant , and that Grant had agreed to hold on to the secretaryship despite the action of the Senate ...
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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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