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... soldiers - Visit to St. Louis - Appointed Lieutenant - General , .. 94 CHAPTER XI . The Army of the Potomac Grant's instructions from Lincoln and Stanton- Retention of Meade and request for McClellan - Interview with Sherman- Takes ...
... soldiers - Visit to St. Louis - Appointed Lieutenant - General , .. 94 CHAPTER XI . The Army of the Potomac Grant's instructions from Lincoln and Stanton- Retention of Meade and request for McClellan - Interview with Sherman- Takes ...
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... Soldiers , . Sacred Mountain , Fugi - Yama , Arch of Welcome at San Francisco , . 429 439 Full Page 447 . · 448 • • 449 • • 455 457 PAGE Reception at Philadelphia , . Dinner to General Grant LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . xxiii.
... Soldiers , . Sacred Mountain , Fugi - Yama , Arch of Welcome at San Francisco , . 429 439 Full Page 447 . · 448 • • 449 • • 455 457 PAGE Reception at Philadelphia , . Dinner to General Grant LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . xxiii.
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... soldiers were returned to their farms , and the horses and mules previously in the cavalry and artillery service of war were relegated to the fields and farms of agriculture . As general , he never suffered defeat , and always grasped ...
... soldiers were returned to their farms , and the horses and mules previously in the cavalry and artillery service of war were relegated to the fields and farms of agriculture . As general , he never suffered defeat , and always grasped ...
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... soldier even in the baby . When he was only two years old his father was carrying him through the village one day , when a friend proposed to see how he would take the noise of a pistol . The father agreed , saying that the little ...
... soldier even in the baby . When he was only two years old his father was carrying him through the village one day , when a friend proposed to see how he would take the noise of a pistol . The father agreed , saying that the little ...
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... soldier , whose memory after death everybody honored , revered , and respected . Having satisfactorily passed the semi - annual examina- tion , often fatal to the hopes of stupid and unruly nomi- nees , Cadet Grant was formally enlisted ...
... soldier , whose memory after death everybody honored , revered , and respected . Having satisfactorily passed the semi - annual examina- tion , often fatal to the hopes of stupid and unruly nomi- nees , Cadet Grant was formally enlisted ...
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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.