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So, too, with many of the batteries; all the officers, generally four in number to each, were men educated for their profession.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “So, too, with many of the batteries; all the officers, generally four in number to each, were men educated for their…”
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Grant emphasizes that many artillery officers were well-educated in their military profession at the time of the Civil War.
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