. The photographic history of the civil . DURING THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN, 1864 WHEN GRANT LOST AN ARMY BUT SAVED A NATION. ill urn (iRANT ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—1863 Wearing epaulets and a sword—quite unusual for him—but calm and imperturbable as of old, with his crumpled army hat. plain blouse,his trousers tucked into his boot-tops, and the inevitable cigar, Ulysses S. Grant stands at a historic spot. Less than a week before,when the Union soldiers under Thomas, still smarting from their experience at Chickamauga, stood gazing at the Confederate worksbehind which rose the crest of Missiona


. The photographic history of the civil . DURING THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN, 1864 WHEN GRANT LOST AN ARMY BUT SAVED A NATION. ill urn (iRANT ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—1863 Wearing epaulets and a sword—quite unusual for him—but calm and imperturbable as of old, with his crumpled army hat. plain blouse,his trousers tucked into his boot-tops, and the inevitable cigar, Ulysses S. Grant stands at a historic spot. Less than a week before,when the Union soldiers under Thomas, still smarting from their experience at Chickamauga, stood gazing at the Confederate worksbehind which rose the crest of Missionary Ridge, the Stars and Stripes were thrown to the breeze on the crest of Lookout hands pointed, and a great cheer went up from the Army of the Cumberland. They knew that the Union troops with Hookerhad carried the day in their battle above the clouds. That was the 25th of November, 1863; and that same afternoon the soldiers130]


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