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At no time during the day could I choose exactly the part of the column I would march with; but after that, I had as tractable a horse as any with the army, and there was none that stood the trip better.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “At no time during the day could I choose exactly the part of the column I would march with; but after that, I had as…”
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Grant shares his experience of eventually bonding with the horse he rode during the march.
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