Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Grant” in chapter 15, page 278 of John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion:
...t was excessively hot, the road was covered with clouds of dust, and but little water was found on the route, causing severe suffering among the men.
Singular as it may seem, this despatch from Grant was the first intimation Hancock had received that Petersburg was to be attacked. Had
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