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... regiment — without means of transportation - sat down in the tropic jungle and waited while the colonel wondered what he ought to do . In a few days cholera ran through the regiment like fire in a field of dry corn ; and men began to ...
... regiment — without means of transportation - sat down in the tropic jungle and waited while the colonel wondered what he ought to do . In a few days cholera ran through the regiment like fire in a field of dry corn ; and men began to ...
Page 118
W. E. Woodward. climate - hardened natives . The regiment , under the inspiration of Grant's energy , struggled to its feet . The sick men and the soldiers ' wives were put on mules , while the rest of the regiment started out on foot ...
W. E. Woodward. climate - hardened natives . The regiment , under the inspiration of Grant's energy , struggled to its feet . The sick men and the soldiers ' wives were put on mules , while the rest of the regiment started out on foot ...
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... regiment . How was it done ? The method was simple ; Grant's ways were invariably simple ways . He reformed this rough regiment by being rougher than any other man in it . Men who started disorderly rows were picked up by the scruff of ...
... regiment . How was it done ? The method was simple ; Grant's ways were invariably simple ways . He reformed this rough regiment by being rougher than any other man in it . Men who started disorderly rows were picked up by the scruff of ...
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CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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