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It showed that we could have subsisted off the country for two months instead of two weeks without going beyond the limits designated.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “It showed that we could have subsisted off the country for two months instead of two weeks without going beyond the…”
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He noted that the army could have sustained itself for a longer period using local resources than initially planned.
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