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The imposing imperialistic idea of seizing the whole of Mexico was assassinated in cold blood by David Wilmot , an insignificant Congressman from Pennsylvania . He rose in his seat on a memorable day when a bill appropriating money for ...
The imposing imperialistic idea of seizing the whole of Mexico was assassinated in cold blood by David Wilmot , an insignificant Congressman from Pennsylvania . He rose in his seat on a memorable day when a bill appropriating money for ...
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The whole Southern population bubbled with anticipation of the great adventure . Even those who had opposed secession volunteered by the thousands . There were not arms enough for such a large number of men , and most of them had to be ...
The whole Southern population bubbled with anticipation of the great adventure . Even those who had opposed secession volunteered by the thousands . There were not arms enough for such a large number of men , and most of them had to be ...
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During the next two years more than a thousand people in the South as a whole were tried and convicted under the Ku - Klux Act . Ten years later the Supreme Court declared it to be unconstitutional . Grant was bewildered by these ...
During the next two years more than a thousand people in the South as a whole were tried and convicted under the Ku - Klux Act . Ten years later the Supreme Court declared it to be unconstitutional . Grant was bewildered by these ...
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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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