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Take the order of General Grant to General Sheridan to make the Shenandoah Valley a barren waste; it was absolutely destroyed so the enemy could not again occupy it.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “Take the order of General Grant to General Sheridan to make the Shenandoah Valley a barren waste; it was absolutely…”
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Dodge references General Grant's orders to General Sheridan, illustrating the extreme measures taken during the war.
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