Word: granted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...promotion of Hon. Samuel Hoar from the Overseers to the Corporation. The vacancy caused by a like promotion of Francis C. Lowell has not yet been filled. The new Overseers elected last June, who hold office until 1901, are Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Francis Adams and Robert Grant. Edmund Wetmore and Robert Bacon were re-elected...
Sanders Theatre was crowded last evening by an audience which, even more than at the previous lectures, showed its quick interest and depth of feeling by loud applause at the appearance of each well known face upon the sheet. Grant, Sheridan, Sherman, Hooker and, above all, Thomas were enthusiastically received...
...Grant was now eager to take the initiative. But Bragg was blind to the change in affairs and detached a strong force to attack Burnside in Knoxville...
...outlook for Rosecrans was gloomy. New leaders, however, were soon to take charge. Oct. 19 Grant was made commander of all forces west of the Alleghanies, and his first step was to put Thomas in Rosecrans's place. Grant himself hastened to the spot, and Hooker arrived from Virginia with...
...peculiar interest attaches to the campaign through its wildly picturesque and beautiful surroundings, but in the military ability displayed by the great leaders, and in the reckless courage of the troops, Chattanooga has become a monument to the defenders of the Union. Its strategie results cannot be overestimated. Grant, having crushed one flank and the centre of the Confederacy, was now called to crush the one vigorous point of resistance, Lee in Virignia...