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... operations on a grand scale ! I have no doubt there is a great mistake in this report . You may , perhaps , have been about to make some defensive movement or operation to clear a frontier settlement of a portion of the enemy - but I ...
... operations on a grand scale ! I have no doubt there is a great mistake in this report . You may , perhaps , have been about to make some defensive movement or operation to clear a frontier settlement of a portion of the enemy - but I ...
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... operations were in conformity with my plans or not , very favorable re- sults have followed those operations.41 Scott returned to Fort Mitchell , where on 23 June the two generals met for the first time since Jesup had set out three ...
... operations were in conformity with my plans or not , very favorable re- sults have followed those operations.41 Scott returned to Fort Mitchell , where on 23 June the two generals met for the first time since Jesup had set out three ...
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... operations . In his closing remarks , Scott acknowledged the one - sidedness of the testimony . " Much , I know , to be wholly omitted on the other side . " He was confident , however , that no examination of any opposing testimony ...
... operations . In his closing remarks , Scott acknowledged the one - sidedness of the testimony . " Much , I know , to be wholly omitted on the other side . " He was confident , however , that no examination of any opposing testimony ...
Contents
Glory on the Battlefield | 26 |
An Officer of Repute | 42 |
Birth of a Supply Bureau | 67 |
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