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But this did not justify the dispatches which General Halleck sent to Washington, or his subsequent concealment of them from me when pretending to explain the action of my superiors.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “But this did not justify the dispatches which General Halleck sent to Washington, or his subsequent concealment of them…”
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Grant criticizes General Halleck for his misleading dispatches and concealment of information.
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