Sickles the IncredibleScribner, 1956 - Počet stran: 433 The life of a Civil War general, congressman tried for murder, friend of five Presidents, diplomat, spendthrift, and libertine - one of the gaudiest of American figures. |
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Strana 179
... Hooker and the Army of the Potomac would have been better off in this climactic moment if the general had a drink - a stiff one - under his belt . For the first time he had the awful responsibility of directing a vast army whose success ...
... Hooker and the Army of the Potomac would have been better off in this climactic moment if the general had a drink - a stiff one - under his belt . For the first time he had the awful responsibility of directing a vast army whose success ...
Strana 189
... Hooker and his chief of staff withdrew while the question was debated . Of the five generals present , Meade , Reynolds , and Howard voted to fight it out , while Couch and Sickles favored retirement.23 There was a reason why Couch and ...
... Hooker and his chief of staff withdrew while the question was debated . Of the five generals present , Meade , Reynolds , and Howard voted to fight it out , while Couch and Sickles favored retirement.23 There was a reason why Couch and ...
Strana 248
... Hooker -a West Pointer , it was true , but one who had been sufficiently brain - washed to suit the radicals . This , on the face of it , was more than a little ridiculous . To replace Meade , who had won the nation's climactic battle ...
... Hooker -a West Pointer , it was true , but one who had been sufficiently brain - washed to suit the radicals . This , on the face of it , was more than a little ridiculous . To replace Meade , who had won the nation's climactic battle ...
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The Peoples Choice I | 1 |
Politicking on the Potomac | 9 |
After the Ball | 26 |
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