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... standing at West Point . It was the only subject in which he was really interested , and the only one in which his standing was good . At the close of the first year he ranked forty - ninth in French in a class of sixty members , but in ...
... standing at West Point . It was the only subject in which he was really interested , and the only one in which his standing was good . At the close of the first year he ranked forty - ninth in French in a class of sixty members , but in ...
Page 221
... stand- ing in groups , out of line , out of position . . . standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air . The generals crowded around him . " The position on the right must be retaken at once ...
... stand- ing in groups , out of line , out of position . . . standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air . The generals crowded around him . " The position on the right must be retaken at once ...
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... stand still . To remain where he was would be simply playing into the enemy's hands . Lee would have liked nothing better than to have kept the Union army in a state of inert catalepsy before his Cold Harbor trenches for an indefinite ...
... stand still . To remain where he was would be simply playing into the enemy's hands . Lee would have liked nothing better than to have kept the Union army in a state of inert catalepsy before his Cold Harbor trenches for an indefinite ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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