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Narrative of the western theatre in the American Civil War, 1880s
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and at night the troops are drawn off Gen Grant saw that he must besiege the city And also that he must watch Johnston in his rear he sends troops along the Big Black to guard him off and asks Halleck for more troops I must be remembered that Grant had an army of 31000 men pened up in Vicksburg and that Johnston was gathering an army at Canton NE of Vicksburg amounting to near 36000 men It is a great risk on the part of Grant but he knows that the Condfederats are demoralized and that his troops are flush with victories Johnston has many things to encounter Grierson had raded the county and burned
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and at night the troops are drawn off Gen Grant saw that he must besiege the city And also that he must watch Johnston in his rear he sends troops along the Big Black to guard him off and asks Halleck for more troops I must be remembered that Grant had an army of 31000 men pened up in Vicksburg and that Johnston was gathering an army at Canton NE of Vicksburg amounting to near 36000 men It is a great risk on the part of Grant but he knows that the Condfederats are demoralized and that his troops are flush with victories Johnston has many things to encounter Grierson had raded the county and burned
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