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At that time there was a rule in effect that no order issued by a corps commander should be published in a newspaper until a copy of it had been sent to army headquarters . McClernand forgot all about this rule , and the correspondents ...
At that time there was a rule in effect that no order issued by a corps commander should be published in a newspaper until a copy of it had been sent to army headquarters . McClernand forgot all about this rule , and the correspondents ...
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Davis would never have sent his family away if he had thought Richmond could hold out . On Sunday , April 2nd , Lee sent a note to Davis ; it was so urgent that the message was delivered to him in church . Lee wrote that his line had ...
Davis would never have sent his family away if he had thought Richmond could hold out . On Sunday , April 2nd , Lee sent a note to Davis ; it was so urgent that the message was delivered to him in church . Lee wrote that his line had ...
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Thereupon Badeau sent a telegram to Sir John Cowell , Master of the Queen's Household , whom he had known for some time , in which he said : Personal and confidential to yourself . I would not , of course , make such a suggestion ...
Thereupon Badeau sent a telegram to Sir John Cowell , Master of the Queen's Household , whom he had known for some time , in which he said : Personal and confidential to yourself . I would not , of course , make such a suggestion ...
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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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