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As he rode along his lines on his cream - colored horse he saw soldiers standing in groups , out of line , out of position . . . standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air .
As he rode along his lines on his cream - colored horse he saw soldiers standing in groups , out of line , out of position . . . standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air .
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He says in his Memoirs that he had become merely a spectator , and that his position was most embarrassing . Halleck began to approach the Confederate position at Corinth at a rate of speed resembling that of a tortoise which has ...
He says in his Memoirs that he had become merely a spectator , and that his position was most embarrassing . Halleck began to approach the Confederate position at Corinth at a rate of speed resembling that of a tortoise which has ...
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Grant's presence at the front with the army in Virginia put Meade in an anomalous and uncomfortable position . Meade offered to resign ... but let Grant tell it in his own words . He says ( Memoirs , Vol . II , p . 116 ) : .
Grant's presence at the front with the army in Virginia put Meade in an anomalous and uncomfortable position . Meade offered to resign ... but let Grant tell it in his own words . He says ( Memoirs , Vol . II , p . 116 ) : .
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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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