Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mexico” in chapter 5, page 123 of G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army:
...that happy element in our lot — had an-influence in the same direction.
We had read of armies, but practically we knew nothing about them.
The battles of the War of 1812 and of the war with Mexico had been fought with small and manageable bodies of men; but so immense an army as that which was encamped in and around Washington
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