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... Grant began his winning streak in the Western theater of the war . The name Ulysses S. Grant had scant meaning to the man in the street until that wintry day in February , 1862 , when Grant demanded " unconditional and immediate ...
... Grant began his winning streak in the Western theater of the war . The name Ulysses S. Grant had scant meaning to the man in the street until that wintry day in February , 1862 , when Grant demanded " unconditional and immediate ...
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... Grant and Lincoln had never met until this short , dark - bearded , silent fighter came to Washington to assume this great task . Grant wasted few hours idling about Washington . He went at once to his job of leading the Army that had ...
... Grant and Lincoln had never met until this short , dark - bearded , silent fighter came to Washington to assume this great task . Grant wasted few hours idling about Washington . He went at once to his job of leading the Army that had ...
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... Grant was a determined man . He had to win . There was no alternative . This simple dictum of his intention to fight it out " if it takes all summer , " was Grant's answer to Lincoln's confidence in him . PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO GENERAL GRANT ...
... Grant was a determined man . He had to win . There was no alternative . This simple dictum of his intention to fight it out " if it takes all summer , " was Grant's answer to Lincoln's confidence in him . PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO GENERAL GRANT ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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