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He had no influence with those at the top - no pull or power of persuasion - yet , at the end of the four years ' struggle , he had risen to the first place in the nation's military establishment . His remarkable rise was the result of ...
He had no influence with those at the top - no pull or power of persuasion - yet , at the end of the four years ' struggle , he had risen to the first place in the nation's military establishment . His remarkable rise was the result of ...
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The fact is that he possessed absolutely no native talent for soldiering — and he did not like the military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to its processes ...
The fact is that he possessed absolutely no native talent for soldiering — and he did not like the military profession . The molding force of West Point had to struggle here with raw material that was not adapted to its processes ...
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When Congress met in December , 1866 , Thaddeus Stevens introduced a bill providing for military government in all the Southern states , except Tennessee . The unrepressed activities of the Ku - Klux was one of the arguments behind this ...
When Congress met in December , 1866 , Thaddeus Stevens introduced a bill providing for military government in all the Southern states , except Tennessee . The unrepressed activities of the Ku - Klux was one of the arguments behind this ...
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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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