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... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
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... soon as he reached Chattanooga . The food supply was the most pressing problem - but it was one that was already in the course of solution when Grant arrived . A few days before Rosecrans had been relieved from command both he and ...
... soon as he reached Chattanooga . The food supply was the most pressing problem - but it was one that was already in the course of solution when Grant arrived . A few days before Rosecrans had been relieved from command both he and ...
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... soon after Grant became President he remarked that the navy department wanted Samana Bay , on the east coast of San Domingo , as a coaling station , and that he intended to send Colonel Babcock down to San Domingo to examine the harbor ...
... soon after Grant became President he remarked that the navy department wanted Samana Bay , on the east coast of San Domingo , as a coaling station , and that he intended to send Colonel Babcock down to San Domingo to examine the harbor ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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