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A bandit is an outlaw, and an outlaw subject to the military arm.
A fire-spirit seems to have breathed all day on street and quay.
At midnight, Sheridan telegraphs to Belknap, using a secret cipher for his message:
Belknap has confidence; so have the adjutants.
Caesar is not so sure.
Caesar is never half so sure of things as his lieutenants.
Will the army support a purely military policy?
American soldiers are American citizens.
Though brave and loyal, they are free men, caring little for glory, and much for liberty.
On whom besides Sheridan can tile President rely?
Sherman stands aloof.
McDowell is offended, not only by the loss of his Department on the Gulf, but by the secret orders under which
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