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Page 247
... Taylor's plans and all other pertinent matters . If Taylor's intention was to move into Mexico , extensive wagon trains would be required to insure the troops " a constant and abundant supply . " On the other hand , if Taylor had only ...
... Taylor's plans and all other pertinent matters . If Taylor's intention was to move into Mexico , extensive wagon trains would be required to insure the troops " a constant and abundant supply . " On the other hand , if Taylor had only ...
Page 261
... Taylor did any advance planning to meet that situation . Though he had been encamped on the Rio Grande since March , he still had taken no action two months later to determine the feasi ... Taylor Support of Taylor in the Mexican War / 261.
... Taylor did any advance planning to meet that situation . Though he had been encamped on the Rio Grande since March , he still had taken no action two months later to determine the feasi ... Taylor Support of Taylor in the Mexican War / 261.
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... Taylor's accusations , the general interpreted the statement as an " indirect attack " upon him . In a letter to his brother Joseph , Taylor declared that he had not considered Jesup " entirely sane since he wrote that unfortunate Blair ...
... Taylor's accusations , the general interpreted the statement as an " indirect attack " upon him . In a letter to his brother Joseph , Taylor declared that he had not considered Jesup " entirely sane since he wrote that unfortunate Blair ...
Contents
Glory on the Battlefield | 26 |
An Officer of Repute | 42 |
Birth of a Supply Bureau | 67 |
Copyright | |
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