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Page 113
... . The re - election of Mr. Lincoln as President and the election of Thomas C. Fletcher as Governor of Missouri , took place in November . General Grant was pushing with energy the forces under General Lee in The Eruption and After 113.
... . The re - election of Mr. Lincoln as President and the election of Thomas C. Fletcher as Governor of Missouri , took place in November . General Grant was pushing with energy the forces under General Lee in The Eruption and After 113.
Page 115
... Grant . Shortly after this we learned of the assassination of President Lincoln . On the march from Mobile to Montgomery , I was taken quite ill with malaria fever and it was some time before I was able to avail myself of a sick leave ...
... Grant . Shortly after this we learned of the assassination of President Lincoln . On the march from Mobile to Montgomery , I was taken quite ill with malaria fever and it was some time before I was able to avail myself of a sick leave ...
Page 130
... Grant for President and Schuyler Colfax of Indiana for Vice - President . The Demo- cratic National Convention nominated Seymour of New York for President , and Frank P. Blair , jun . , of Missouri for Vice - President . The republicans ...
... Grant for President and Schuyler Colfax of Indiana for Vice - President . The Demo- cratic National Convention nominated Seymour of New York for President , and Frank P. Blair , jun . , of Missouri for Vice - President . The republicans ...
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... Grant was elected President ; Colfax made Vice- President of the United States ; McClurg was at the same election made Governor of Missouri . I was present on the fourth of March , 1869 , in Washington and witnessed the inauguration . I ...
... Grant was elected President ; Colfax made Vice- President of the United States ; McClurg was at the same election made Governor of Missouri . I was present on the fourth of March , 1869 , in Washington and witnessed the inauguration . I ...
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... Grant had ap- pointed him soon after he left Congress , a paymaster in the regular army . I had not heard of him in many years but thought that he might be living . The next day I visited the Arlington Cemetery where a brother of my ...
... Grant had ap- pointed him soon after he left Congress , a paymaster in the regular army . I had not heard of him in many years but thought that he might be living . The next day I visited the Arlington Cemetery where a brother of my ...
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