Abraham Lincoln and the United StatesHodder & Stoughton, 1948 - 286 páginas |
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... command of such armies and fleets as Congress provided . Lincoln himself had held this view strongly , it will be recalled , when , as a Congressman in 1848 , he criticised Presi- dent Polk's actions which had brought on the Mexican War ...
... command of such armies and fleets as Congress provided . Lincoln himself had held this view strongly , it will be recalled , when , as a Congressman in 1848 , he criticised Presi- dent Polk's actions which had brought on the Mexican War ...
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... command of the army in front of Washington , but the defeat of Bull Run meant that a change must be made . Scott made some complaint that Lincoln had forced him to act before he was ready . Lin- coln denied the accusation and brought ...
... command of the army in front of Washington , but the defeat of Bull Run meant that a change must be made . Scott made some complaint that Lincoln had forced him to act before he was ready . Lin- coln denied the accusation and brought ...
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... command and replaced him by Burn- side , who in his turn was to fail . McClellan was finally out of the war . His one further act in the history of the Civil War was to stand in opposi- tion to Lincoln in the Presidential election of ...
... command and replaced him by Burn- side , who in his turn was to fail . McClellan was finally out of the war . His one further act in the history of the Civil War was to stand in opposi- tion to Lincoln in the Presidential election of ...
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