Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sheridan” in chapter 18, page 295 of John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana:
...P. Blair, as to the command of an army corps, called attention to the anger of Grant at Granger, declared, notwithstanding his previous commendation, that Granger was unfit to command, intimated that Sheridan ought to succeed him, and finally prepared the secretary's mind for the fact that the winter rains would probably put an end to further operations in that quarter.
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