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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... Side by side with Abraham Lincoln in the early days of the great war stood our most accomplished and distinguished general , the hero of two foreign wars . To these two men , one born in Kentucky , the other in Vir- ginia — Abraham ...
... Side by side with Abraham Lincoln in the early days of the great war stood our most accomplished and distinguished general , the hero of two foreign wars . To these two men , one born in Kentucky , the other in Vir- ginia — Abraham ...
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... sides , are the common heritage of the reunited nation . That feature of the conflict which for moral grandeur towers above all others was reserved for the triumphant close . Never before were com- plete victors so generous to the ...
... sides , are the common heritage of the reunited nation . That feature of the conflict which for moral grandeur towers above all others was reserved for the triumphant close . Never before were com- plete victors so generous to the ...
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... side of the James River , northeast of Richmond , to the south side of Appomattox near Five Forks , south of Petersburg , more than thirty miles . The troops on the north side of the James River , immediately in front of Richmond , were ...
... side of the James River , northeast of Richmond , to the south side of Appomattox near Five Forks , south of Petersburg , more than thirty miles . The troops on the north side of the James River , immediately in front of Richmond , were ...
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... side the cross , and colonized por- are now New Arizona . But tion planted guished , and in even entirely GENERAL PIKE . trading - posts , built of logs , made no successful effort for a few picturesque mis- certain streams and local ...
... side the cross , and colonized por- are now New Arizona . But tion planted guished , and in even entirely GENERAL PIKE . trading - posts , built of logs , made no successful effort for a few picturesque mis- certain streams and local ...
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... side of the continent , under these geological conditions , there was a marked physical difference between the early man of the Pacific and of the Atlantic slopes . On the Pacific he was of average stature and probably of a ...
... side of the continent , under these geological conditions , there was a marked physical difference between the early man of the Pacific and of the Atlantic slopes . On the Pacific he was of average stature and probably of a ...
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