Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Stoneman” in chapter 7, page 391 of Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3:
...heir ranks.
These were the identical views entertained by Grant when he assumed command of the armies the year before, and which he had been urging upon all his commanders since.
He concluded: Stoneman starts from East Tennessee in a few days to make a raid as far up on
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