UPON being appointed lieutenant-general, and having assumed command of all the armies in the field, in March, 1864, General Grant had an interview with President Lincoln, during which interview Mr. Lincoln stated that procrastination on the part of commanders, and the pressure from the people of the North and from Congress, had forced him... »
Excerpt: “No portion of the world’s history can be more interesting to the present generation, than that recorded in this volume ; and although of comparatively recent occurrence, it has acquired by neglect much of the freshness and fascination of novelty. The American Revolution... »
Prior to the unifying under Grant of the Federal military force in May, 1864, and subsequent to McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign (with which Volume I closes), the actions form a veritable ” tug-of-war,” a giant struggle of veteran armies, the result of which no contemporary... »
The class principally affected by these agents was the redemptioner, described in another chapter, who formed a large proportion of the German immigration to Pennsylvania from about 1725 to... »
Filled with dynamic photographs of the opening battles of the U.S. Civil War, The Photographic History of the Civil War, Volume One: The Opening Battles is a rousing, fascinating... »
Title: Woodrow Wilson and the world war Author: Charles Seymour Year Published: 1921 Click here to read (Right-click, Save-as to download) Buy this book from Amazon.com Excerpt: When, on March 4,1913, Woodrow Wilson entered... »