A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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Page 66
... Washington . The re- sult of these alarms and constant fears for the safety of the capital was that between 80 and 100 regiments and batteries were deployed in the de- fenses of Washington in the early winter of 1862-63 enough troops to ...
... Washington . The re- sult of these alarms and constant fears for the safety of the capital was that between 80 and 100 regiments and batteries were deployed in the de- fenses of Washington in the early winter of 1862-63 enough troops to ...
Page 155
... Washington reveal . Why hadn't he returned the unissued medals to Washington ? Wentworth may have reasoned that once a Government bureau gets something tangled up it is very hazardous for a private cit- izen to try to untangle it ...
... Washington reveal . Why hadn't he returned the unissued medals to Washington ? Wentworth may have reasoned that once a Government bureau gets something tangled up it is very hazardous for a private cit- izen to try to untangle it ...
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... Washington in 1865 , a left hand would have stored them away somewhere . Later , after a passage of years and several changes of personnel in the War Department , a right hand would have issued the 1886 circular . Then all that one of ...
... Washington in 1865 , a left hand would have stored them away somewhere . Later , after a passage of years and several changes of personnel in the War Department , a right hand would have issued the 1886 circular . Then all that one of ...
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