Personal Recollections of Distinguished Generals
CHAPTER VIII.
SOME PECULIARITIES OF OUR VETERANS.
Superiority of educated over uneducated Soldiers.--Contrast in the _personnel_ of European and American, between Union and Rebel, and between Eastern and Western Troops.--Superiority of the Union Armies. --Anecdotes and Incidents illustrating the Peculiarities of our Veterans 321
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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SHERIDAN'S RIDE TO THE FRONT _Frontispiece._
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN 16
GEORGE H. THOMAS 58
ULYSSES S. GRANT 90
ROBERT E. LEE 95
PHILIP H. SHERIDAN 131
JOSEPH HOOKER 164
LOVELL H. ROUSSEAU 194
DON CARLOS BUELL 245
WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS 261
GORDON GRANGER 268
JAMES B. STEEDMAN 276
OLIVER O. HOWARD 299
JOHN A. LOGAN 307
JOHN W. GEARY 317
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
OF
DISTINGUISHED GENERALS.