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... GRANT WINS THE RIVER WAR : 1863 VIII . GETTYSBURG : 1863 Page 1 66 56 66 84 66 116 • 66 168 64 193 260 66 287 IX . FARRAGUT AND THE NAVY : 1863-4 ་ ་ 307 X. GRANT ATTACKS THE FRONT : 1864 XI . SHERMAN DESTROYS THE BASE : 1864 66 327 66 ...
... GRANT WINS THE RIVER WAR : 1863 VIII . GETTYSBURG : 1863 Page 1 66 56 66 84 66 116 • 66 168 64 193 260 66 287 IX . FARRAGUT AND THE NAVY : 1863-4 ་ ་ 307 X. GRANT ATTACKS THE FRONT : 1864 XI . SHERMAN DESTROYS THE BASE : 1864 66 327 66 ...
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... Grant , in command at Cairo , began his career as a general by cleverly forestalling the enemy at Paducah , where the Tennessee flows into the Ohio . Then , on the seventh of November , he closed the first confused campaign on the ...
... Grant , in command at Cairo , began his career as a general by cleverly forestalling the enemy at Paducah , where the Tennessee flows into the Ohio . Then , on the seventh of November , he closed the first confused campaign on the ...
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... Grant had his chief field base , at the junction of the Mis- sissippi and Ohio . A little farther east Grant had another excellent position at Paducah , beside the junction of the Ohio and the Tennessee . Naval forces were of course ...
... Grant had his chief field base , at the junction of the Mis- sissippi and Ohio . A little farther east Grant had another excellent position at Paducah , beside the junction of the Ohio and the Tennessee . Naval forces were of course ...
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... Grant's approaching army that hurried the escaping garrison . An hour after the surrender Grant rode in and took command . That night victors and vanquished were dining together when a fussy staff officer came in to tell Grant that he ...
... Grant's approaching army that hurried the escaping garrison . An hour after the surrender Grant rode in and took command . That night victors and vanquished were dining together when a fussy staff officer came in to tell Grant that he ...
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... Grant , would face the crisis . Ulysses Simpson Grant came of sturdy New England stock , being eighth in descent from Mat- thew Grant , who landed in 1630 and was Surveyor of Connecticut for over forty years . Grant's mother was one of ...
... Grant , would face the crisis . Ulysses Simpson Grant came of sturdy New England stock , being eighth in descent from Mat- thew Grant , who landed in 1630 and was Surveyor of Connecticut for over forty years . Grant's mother was one of ...
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