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Page 259
... Hooker in his own mind . On the day when the Burnside dispatch and the Hooker letter were written , it came on to rain , very heavily and cold , swelling the Rappahannock so that even the upper fords be- came impassable to anything but ...
... Hooker in his own mind . On the day when the Burnside dispatch and the Hooker letter were written , it came on to rain , very heavily and cold , swelling the Rappahannock so that even the upper fords be- came impassable to anything but ...
Page 296
... Hooker's conduct was all the more straining because the powerful New York papers - Tribune , Times , and Herald- had begun to cry for the General's head , demanding that some- one - anyone else - lead the army . Hooker did nothing to ...
... Hooker's conduct was all the more straining because the powerful New York papers - Tribune , Times , and Herald- had begun to cry for the General's head , demanding that some- one - anyone else - lead the army . Hooker did nothing to ...
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... Hooker flashed briefly into the city , demanded to be placed in command of the troops in Washington and the Department of Maryland , then flashed out again . Through the next week the papers filled up with rumors- Jeff Davis had ...
... Hooker flashed briefly into the city , demanded to be placed in command of the troops in Washington and the Department of Maryland , then flashed out again . Through the next week the papers filled up with rumors- Jeff Davis had ...
Contents
An Ohio Boyhood | 3 |
Mr Attorney Stanton | 16 |
The Wider Stage | 33 |
Copyright | |
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