On the Trail of Grant and Lee
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On the Trail of Grant and Lee is by Frederick Trevor Hill. The foreword says that during the early years of the Civil War someone tauntingly asked Mr. Charles Francis Adams, the United States Minister to England, what he thought of the brilliant victories which the confederate armies were then gaining in the field. The foreword gives the quiet answer: I think they have been won by my fellow countrymen. The foreword says that for nearly fifty years the story of the Civil War has been twisted to suit local pride or prejudice in various parts of the Union.
The text says Lee's tenderness and consideration for his mother were such that she was accustomed to remark that he was both a son and a daughter to her. The text says Hooker was familiarly known to the country as Fighting Joe, a name he had well earned on many a hard-fought field. The text says Lee, after modestly expressing some doubts as to whether he could discharge the duties to the satisfaction of the Trustees or to the benefit of the country, accepted the office at a merely nominal salary.
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- Author
- Frederick Trevor Hill
- Pages
- 125
- Language
- English
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- Military History
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