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Grant took up his headquarters at Savannah , on the other side of the river , and nine miles from the main body of his army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite ...
Grant took up his headquarters at Savannah , on the other side of the river , and nine miles from the main body of his army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite ...
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The fight took place in front of the city and thousands of spectators stood on the high bluffs and watched the destruction of the Confederate fleet . The emaciated Southern newspapers , printed in muddy ink on coarse ...
The fight took place in front of the city and thousands of spectators stood on the high bluffs and watched the destruction of the Confederate fleet . The emaciated Southern newspapers , printed in muddy ink on coarse ...
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Grant took a modest and generous view of the situation . The Commercial also acknowledges that it was in error in stating that Gen. Badeau finally took $ 10,000 in full settlement of his claim , and accepts as true his statement that he ...
Grant took a modest and generous view of the situation . The Commercial also acknowledges that it was in error in stating that Gen. Badeau finally took $ 10,000 in full settlement of his claim , and accepts as true his statement that he ...
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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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