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Page 260
... vessels that could be chartered or purchased . The search took considerable time and money . Even when the ships could be had , purchase and charter prices frequently were exorbitant . The gov- ernment's change in strategy in the fall ...
... vessels that could be chartered or purchased . The search took considerable time and money . Even when the ships could be had , purchase and charter prices frequently were exorbitant . The gov- ernment's change in strategy in the fall ...
Page 282
... vessels expected to be needed for transporting troops and supplies from the Atlantic Coast , Stanton actually dispatched fifty - three , and , in place of the fourteen ships Jesup had been expected to furnish , he provided 163 vessels ...
... vessels expected to be needed for transporting troops and supplies from the Atlantic Coast , Stanton actually dispatched fifty - three , and , in place of the fourteen ships Jesup had been expected to furnish , he provided 163 vessels ...
Page 298
... vessels that had been required for its far - flung oper- ations during the war . Only a limited number of them would be needed by the army in peacetime , and there was little prospect of selling them at even half their value ...
... vessels that had been required for its far - flung oper- ations during the war . Only a limited number of them would be needed by the army in peacetime , and there was little prospect of selling them at even half their value ...
Contents
Glory on the Battlefield | 26 |
An Officer of Repute | 42 |
Birth of a Supply Bureau | 67 |
Copyright | |
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