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William E. Woodward. climate - hardened natives . The regiment , under the inspiration of Grant's energy , struggled to its feet . The sick men and the soldiers ' wives were put on mules , while the rest of the regiment started out on ...
William E. Woodward. climate - hardened natives . The regiment , under the inspiration of Grant's energy , struggled to its feet . The sick men and the soldiers ' wives were put on mules , while the rest of the regiment started out on ...
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... regiment at Mattoon — a small town near the center of the state . This regiment - the Twenty - first Illinois Volunteers had been handled so incompetently that it was de- generating into an armed mob . Its overlord was Colonel Goode , a ...
... regiment at Mattoon — a small town near the center of the state . This regiment - the Twenty - first Illinois Volunteers had been handled so incompetently that it was de- generating into an armed mob . Its overlord was Colonel Goode , a ...
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... regiment . How was it done ? The method was simple ; Grant's ways were invariably simple ways . He reformed this rough regiment by being rougher than any other man in it . Men who started disorderly rows were picked up by the scruff of ...
... regiment . How was it done ? The method was simple ; Grant's ways were invariably simple ways . He reformed this rough regiment by being rougher than any other man in it . Men who started disorderly rows were picked up by the scruff of ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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