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Page 242
... supplies , as well as their middlemen and agents , grew fat and pompous . J. R. Anderson & Co. , of Richmond , owners of the Tredegar Iron Works , chief munition plant of the Confederacy , became so wealthy that they did not know what ...
... supplies , as well as their middlemen and agents , grew fat and pompous . J. R. Anderson & Co. , of Richmond , owners of the Tredegar Iron Works , chief munition plant of the Confederacy , became so wealthy that they did not know what ...
Page 268
... supply of cotton on hand . As its price rose from twelve cents to one dollar a pound , the manufacturers raised in a ... Supplies for the army were bought , in prodigious quantities , without adequate supervision . Fraud ceased to be a ...
... supply of cotton on hand . As its price rose from twelve cents to one dollar a pound , the manufacturers raised in a ... Supplies for the army were bought , in prodigious quantities , without adequate supervision . Fraud ceased to be a ...
Page 330
... supplies , for Grant could bring sup- plies and reënforcements by steamer up the James river , while Lee would have to depend on the two railroads that ran south- ward from Richmond . In time , Grant thought , the Union lines might be ...
... supplies , for Grant could bring sup- plies and reënforcements by steamer up the James river , while Lee would have to depend on the two railroads that ran south- ward from Richmond . In time , Grant thought , the Union lines might be ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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