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... wrote , " ... there must have been a failure of duty and a vio- lation of the law somewhere , and the punishment being inflicted on me , shows that I am considered , by the department , as the guilty person . " He added that he hoped ...
... wrote , " ... there must have been a failure of duty and a vio- lation of the law somewhere , and the punishment being inflicted on me , shows that I am considered , by the department , as the guilty person . " He added that he hoped ...
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... wrote . Moreover , having examined the Army Register , he expressed dismay at his prospects for promotion . Thirteen of the officers who had served under him now outranked him . Among them was a man from Cincinnati who had been promoted ...
... wrote . Moreover , having examined the Army Register , he expressed dismay at his prospects for promotion . Thirteen of the officers who had served under him now outranked him . Among them was a man from Cincinnati who had been promoted ...
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... wrote to Col. Lorenzo Sitgreaves , Jesup's son - in - law . Wayne outlined the plan he said the quartermaster general had devised for combating secession , which he so strongly opposed : " His plan , as he repeatedly detailed to me ...
... wrote to Col. Lorenzo Sitgreaves , Jesup's son - in - law . Wayne outlined the plan he said the quartermaster general had devised for combating secession , which he so strongly opposed : " His plan , as he repeatedly detailed to me ...
Contents
Glory on the Battlefield | 26 |
An Officer of Repute | 42 |
Birth of a Supply Bureau | 67 |
Copyright | |
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