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... Young Dent himself was not sta- tioned at the Barracks , but he arranged things so that his family invited young Lieutenant Grant to the Dent home . Through making this simple gesture of politeness toward his classmate Frederick Dent ...
... Young Dent himself was not sta- tioned at the Barracks , but he arranged things so that his family invited young Lieutenant Grant to the Dent home . Through making this simple gesture of politeness toward his classmate Frederick Dent ...
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... young officer coming back from Mexico as a brevet captain , with favorable mention in the reports of his brigade and regimental com- manders . But these commendations lacked the exclusiveness that carries distinction . A great many ...
... young officer coming back from Mexico as a brevet captain , with favorable mention in the reports of his brigade and regimental com- manders . But these commendations lacked the exclusiveness that carries distinction . A great many ...
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... young girls , chaperoned by the wives of generals , fluttered through the cabins . They burst in on Meade , and had him bowing and scraping and asking anxiously for his young men : " Colonel Lyman , where are all my young men ? " he ...
... young girls , chaperoned by the wives of generals , fluttered through the cabins . They burst in on Meade , and had him bowing and scraping and asking anxiously for his young men : " Colonel Lyman , where are all my young men ? " he ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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