Webster's Guide to American History: A Chronological, Geographical, and Biographical Survey and CompendiumCharles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry |
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Page 242
... Grant meets Lee at Cold Harbor , a few miles from Richmond . In another attempt to crush Lee's entrenched army , Grant loses about 7,000 men in only one hour of fight- ing . In a month , Grant has lost almost 60,000 men ; finally ...
... Grant meets Lee at Cold Harbor , a few miles from Richmond . In another attempt to crush Lee's entrenched army , Grant loses about 7,000 men in only one hour of fight- ing . In a month , Grant has lost almost 60,000 men ; finally ...
Page 384
... grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise . Such specific grant must be either in the federal Constitution or in an act of Con- gress passed in pursuance thereof ...
... grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise . Such specific grant must be either in the federal Constitution or in an act of Con- gress passed in pursuance thereof ...
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... Grant's offer of the secretaryship of state in 1869. Contrary to his original intention , he held the post through the next eight years ; his services constituted the highest achievements of Grant's adminis- trations , which were ...
... Grant's offer of the secretaryship of state in 1869. Contrary to his original intention , he held the post through the next eight years ; his services constituted the highest achievements of Grant's adminis- trations , which were ...
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Exploration of the New World | 638 |
The Frontier 17501890 | 658 |
Canada and Mexico | 672 |
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