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... four years was placed at the head of the largest armies known to history , had within that period crushed out the most gigantic Rebellion ever organized against liberty , and had filled the world with his renown - a man who in the flush ...
... four years was placed at the head of the largest armies known to history , had within that period crushed out the most gigantic Rebellion ever organized against liberty , and had filled the world with his renown - a man who in the flush ...
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... four short pine sticks set upright , and plank running from the two at one end to the other . For chairs , I use my trunk and bed , and as to a floor , we have no such luxury . Our meals are cooked in 24 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT .
... four short pine sticks set upright , and plank running from the two at one end to the other . For chairs , I use my trunk and bed , and as to a floor , we have no such luxury . Our meals are cooked in 24 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT .
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... field after their companions had fled - but they were dead or wounded , while the American loss was but nine killed and forty - four wounded . Such was the result of the first battle of the campaign , the first 26 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT .
... field after their companions had fled - but they were dead or wounded , while the American loss was but nine killed and forty - four wounded . Such was the result of the first battle of the campaign , the first 26 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT .
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... four thousand men under his command , yet he permitted his opponent to land his troops without opposition , notwithstanding his own proximity , the tremendous state of the surf , and the furious northers that were blowing and upsetting ...
... four thousand men under his command , yet he permitted his opponent to land his troops without opposition , notwithstanding his own proximity , the tremendous state of the surf , and the furious northers that were blowing and upsetting ...
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... four hundred pounds . When the army left the City of Mexico on its return home , Captain Grant's wagon train formed its rear guard . The campaign had been to him an eventful one . Al- though a young man and a subordinate officer , he ...
... four hundred pounds . When the army left the City of Mexico on its return home , Captain Grant's wagon train formed its rear guard . The campaign had been to him an eventful one . Al- though a young man and a subordinate officer , he ...
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Page 133 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 54 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Page 89 - GENERAL : — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this, now, as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did, march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...
Page 129 - I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Page 132 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate ; one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 133 - GENERAL: — I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General LIEUT.-GENERAL US GRANT.
Page 105 - I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy, preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistauce. Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy...
Page 100 - You are now Washington's legitimate successor, and occupy a position of almost dangerous elevation; but if you can continue as heretofore to be yourself, simple, honest, and unpretending, you will enjoy through life the respect and love of friends, and the homage of millions of human beings...
Page xxix - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Page 88 - Alabama claims. And whereas Her Britannic Majesty has authorized her High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to express in a friendly spirit the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by those vessels.