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Acquires Cigar Habit 223 The newspapers were filled with praise of Grant . As I turn their ragged files I catch ... For “ Unconditional Surrender " some newspaper suggested humorously , and this struck the fancy of the American nation .
Acquires Cigar Habit 223 The newspapers were filled with praise of Grant . As I turn their ragged files I catch ... For “ Unconditional Surrender " some newspaper suggested humorously , and this struck the fancy of the American nation .
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McClernand forgot all about this rule , and the correspondents wired his address to their newspapers . Sherman came dashing up to Grant with a St. Louis newspaper in his hand . “ Just look at that !
McClernand forgot all about this rule , and the correspondents wired his address to their newspapers . Sherman came dashing up to Grant with a St. Louis newspaper in his hand . “ Just look at that !
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Before the campaign was over Meade made his own position even more uncomfortable through a row with the newspaper correspondents . One of the newspaper men , after the battle of the Wilderness , wired his newspaper that Meade had wanted ...
Before the campaign was over Meade made his own position even more uncomfortable through a row with the newspaper correspondents . One of the newspaper men , after the battle of the Wilderness , wired his newspaper that Meade had wanted ...
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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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