Personal Recollections of Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil WarWerner Company, 1897 - 591 pages |
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... seen . During all those four years the contest did not cease for a single day . It was a death grapple of giants . Somewhere , along a battle - front extending from the Chesapeake to the upper Rio Grande overland , and from the mouth of ...
... seen . During all those four years the contest did not cease for a single day . It was a death grapple of giants . Somewhere , along a battle - front extending from the Chesapeake to the upper Rio Grande overland , and from the mouth of ...
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... seen in the fact that those who fought against us have also equally enjoyed the fruits of our success , and are now thoroughly devoted to the welfare and perpetuity of the Federal Government , devoting their best efforts toward ...
... seen in the fact that those who fought against us have also equally enjoyed the fruits of our success , and are now thoroughly devoted to the welfare and perpetuity of the Federal Government , devoting their best efforts toward ...
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... seen white men before , and passed through a vast country of surpassing interest and inexhaustible natural resources . A few years later a party sent out by John Jacob Astor for the purpose of extending the fur trade also crossed the ...
... seen white men before , and passed through a vast country of surpassing interest and inexhaustible natural resources . A few years later a party sent out by John Jacob Astor for the purpose of extending the fur trade also crossed the ...
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... seen by the statesmen of that day , and the building of the first trans - continental line was hastened in order to establish a physical connection between the Pacific States and the East- ern portion of the republic . Since the war ...
... seen by the statesmen of that day , and the building of the first trans - continental line was hastened in order to establish a physical connection between the Pacific States and the East- ern portion of the republic . Since the war ...
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... seen by me for the first time . The battle - torn fields of Virginia and southern Pennsylvania were familiar enough , but beyond the picturesque Alleghanies the scenes were new to me , and presented ever - varying beauties of landscape ...
... seen by me for the first time . The battle - torn fields of Virginia and southern Pennsylvania were familiar enough , but beyond the picturesque Alleghanies the scenes were new to me , and presented ever - varying beauties of landscape ...
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