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... Grant - now a major - general , but on Stanton's nomination the morning after the news of Donelson came , long before the arrival of Halleck's request for his promotion . Grant's " army seems to be as much de- moralized by the victory ...
... Grant - now a major - general , but on Stanton's nomination the morning after the news of Donelson came , long before the arrival of Halleck's request for his promotion . Grant's " army seems to be as much de- moralized by the victory ...
Page 352
... Grant ; it was Halleck who broke the log - jam with : " How would Sheridan do ? ” Grant stirred : " The very man I want ! " Forthwith a tele- gram to Sheridan . He came early in April , a little man with preternaturally long arms ...
... Grant ; it was Halleck who broke the log - jam with : " How would Sheridan do ? ” Grant stirred : " The very man I want ! " Forthwith a tele- gram to Sheridan . He came early in April , a little man with preternaturally long arms ...
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... Grant , who quite early in the game put Stanton in his place about troop movements , and as effectively as the Secretary had doused him on the cipher question . Grant had been rapidly drafting off the troops in the Washington forts to ...
... Grant , who quite early in the game put Stanton in his place about troop movements , and as effectively as the Secretary had doused him on the cipher question . Grant had been rapidly drafting off the troops in the Washington forts to ...
Contents
Mr Attorney Stanton | 16 |
The Wider Stage | 33 |
The Controlling Cases | 52 |
Copyright | |
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