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... face to face with Mr. Lincoln , bent before the man who was proclaimed Commander - in - chief of the army and navy of the Union by the Constitution . By his firm and upright attitude General Grant had inspired with an equal confidence ...
... face to face with Mr. Lincoln , bent before the man who was proclaimed Commander - in - chief of the army and navy of the Union by the Constitution . By his firm and upright attitude General Grant had inspired with an equal confidence ...
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... face to face a hundred times . I asked him if he had any fancy for military life . ' No , sir , ' he told me ; I think I have done my duty as well as any other , but what I have done I only did as a duty , and often I found it very hard ...
... face to face a hundred times . I asked him if he had any fancy for military life . ' No , sir , ' he told me ; I think I have done my duty as well as any other , but what I have done I only did as a duty , and often I found it very hard ...
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... face to face with an adver- sary who would have been formidable to any other man . For several years Mr. Lincoln struggled in Illinois against the preponderating influence of that Douglas whom men called ' the little giant of the West ...
... face to face with an adver- sary who would have been formidable to any other man . For several years Mr. Lincoln struggled in Illinois against the preponderating influence of that Douglas whom men called ' the little giant of the West ...
Contents
THE DUEL BETWEEN THE PARTIES | iv |
FROM BOSTON TO NIAGARA | v |
DETROIT AND CHICAGO | vi |
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References to this book
Civil War Firsts: The Legacies of America's Bloodiest Conflict Gerald S. Henig,Eric Niderost No preview available - 2001 |