Ulysses S. GrantHoughton Mifflin, 1917 - 596 pages |
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... years studded with triumphs and with tragedies presents a riddle to the student of his time . His mind was not attuned to notions of retreat , of indirection , or diplomacy . He thought straightfor- - ward 2 ULYSSES S. GRANT.
... years studded with triumphs and with tragedies presents a riddle to the student of his time . His mind was not attuned to notions of retreat , of indirection , or diplomacy . He thought straightfor- - ward 2 ULYSSES S. GRANT.
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Louis Arthur Coolidge. indirection , or diplomacy . He thought straightfor- - ward and was free from artifice- rare qualities which served him well in war and in most great execu- tive emergencies , but were not fitted to the sinuous ...
Louis Arthur Coolidge. indirection , or diplomacy . He thought straightfor- - ward and was free from artifice- rare qualities which served him well in war and in most great execu- tive emergencies , but were not fitted to the sinuous ...
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... thought of killing was abhorrent to him . He loved horses earned money by driving out into the country passengers arriving in Georgetown by stage ; at nine had a horse of his own . At ten he used to drive a span of horses alone to ...
... thought of killing was abhorrent to him . He loved horses earned money by driving out into the country passengers arriving in Georgetown by stage ; at nine had a horse of his own . At ten he used to drive a span of horses alone to ...
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... thought him backward when they thought of him at all , but they were rather fond of him in spite of his slow ways . He was pure - minded and clean of speech . He never swore ; " a good steady boy with no bad habits " ; " awkward and ...
... thought him backward when they thought of him at all , but they were rather fond of him in spite of his slow ways . He was pure - minded and clean of speech . He never swore ; " a good steady boy with no bad habits " ; " awkward and ...
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... thought him of West Point . Five boys had already gone there from the county to get a start in life at government expense . The last of them , his nearest neighbor's son , had just been dropped for failure in examination , but was too ...
... thought him of West Point . Five boys had already gone there from the county to get a start in life at government expense . The last of them , his nearest neighbor's son , had just been dropped for failure in examination , but was too ...
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Page 122 - I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed.
Page 149 - Not expecting to see you again before the spring campaign opens, I wish to express in this way my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time, so far as I understand it. The particulars of your plans I neither know nor seek to know.
Page 198 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 173 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be reelected.
Page 194 - I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia, but as far as your proposal may affect the Confederate States...
Page 160 - You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to break it up, and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources.
Page 371 - An act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes,'" or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
Page 194 - I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Page 378 - Ibid., XIV Amendment, p. 28. By the act of May 22, 1872 (Stat. at Large, Vol. XVII, p. 142), the disabilities imposed by the foregoing article are removed from all persons whomsoever, except Senators and Representatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, officers in the judicial, military, and naval service of the United States, heads of departments, and foreign ministers of the United States.
Page 179 - This, I think, is exactly right as to how our forces should move. But please look over the dispatches you may have received from here, even since you made that order, and discover if you can, that there is any idea in the head of any one here of 'putting our army south of the enemy' or of 'following him to the death