Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Grant” in chapter 1.5, section c.1.9.8, page 117 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29.:
... the houses within an area of five miles were burned.
It is not generally known, we believe, that this policy of devastation on the part of Sheridan was directly inspired and ordered by General Grant , who, in his Memoirs, writes with great satisfaction
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