Life and Reminiscences of General Wm. T. ShermanR. H. Woodward Company, 1891 - 479 pages This is a collection of thoughts and reminiscences on General Sherman from the most important and influential men of the day. Published the year of his death, it includes tributes from President Hayes, senators, high-profile priests and judges. |
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... seemed to act from the inspirations of genius that waits not on anything . In readiness of apprehension , quickness of perception of facts and conclusion as to course in an emergency and rapidity of execution , he excelled any officers ...
... seemed to act from the inspirations of genius that waits not on anything . In readiness of apprehension , quickness of perception of facts and conclusion as to course in an emergency and rapidity of execution , he excelled any officers ...
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... of wagons and pack- mules to go to the mines . We heard of men earning fifty , five hundred and one thousand dol- lars a day , and for a time it seemed as if some } } one would reach solid gold . I of course HIS LIFE BEFORE THE WAR . 9.
... of wagons and pack- mules to go to the mines . We heard of men earning fifty , five hundred and one thousand dol- lars a day , and for a time it seemed as if some } } one would reach solid gold . I of course HIS LIFE BEFORE THE WAR . 9.
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... seemed absorbed in thought , and with a cigar held firmly between his teeth he looked straight ahead , as if at some objective point that nobody else could see . He was too absorbed to return the salutes , and the men never attempted to ...
... seemed absorbed in thought , and with a cigar held firmly between his teeth he looked straight ahead , as if at some objective point that nobody else could see . He was too absorbed to return the salutes , and the men never attempted to ...
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... seemed to me sometimes as if he would speak to almost every man in the column while he was passing . No matter what he had on his mind he never seemed abstracted , and was always ready to chaff the boys . On horseback he was the least ...
... seemed to me sometimes as if he would speak to almost every man in the column while he was passing . No matter what he had on his mind he never seemed abstracted , and was always ready to chaff the boys . On horseback he was the least ...
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... seemed to have its proper illusion for him . He was always deeply interested in the story and impressed by its reality . He seemed to preserve , in common with Dickens , Thackeray and Charles Lamb , until the end of his life a youthful ...
... seemed to have its proper illusion for him . He was always deeply interested in the story and impressed by its reality . He seemed to preserve , in common with Dickens , Thackeray and Charles Lamb , until the end of his life a youthful ...
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