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... MEXICO SAN ANTONIO פחר : OF MEXICO were to attempt to move southward toward Mexico City after they had reached their first objectives . The strength of the Mexi- can forces in nearby districts was equally unknown . Wash- ington waited ...
... MEXICO SAN ANTONIO פחר : OF MEXICO were to attempt to move southward toward Mexico City after they had reached their first objectives . The strength of the Mexi- can forces in nearby districts was equally unknown . Wash- ington waited ...
Page 252
... Mexico City from the east . As the column started down the western slope Lee got his first glimpses of the great valley of Mexico , shining and verdant , spangled with white villages and girdled with mountains . Mexico City itself ...
... Mexico City from the east . As the column started down the western slope Lee got his first glimpses of the great valley of Mexico , shining and verdant , spangled with white villages and girdled with mountains . Mexico City itself ...
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... Mexico . This fact may account for the awkward- ness that some critics have thought they observed in Lee's han- dling of that arm in 1862 . Even more valuable , in the third place , was Lee's training in strategy while in Mexico . As a ...
... Mexico . This fact may account for the awkward- ness that some critics have thought they observed in Lee's han- dling of that arm in 1862 . Even more valuable , in the third place , was Lee's training in strategy while in Mexico . As a ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A CARRIAGE GOES TO ALEXANDRIA I | 1 |
A BACKGROUND OF GREAT TRADITIONS | 18 |
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF WEST POINT | 48 |
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