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Upton and the Army

by Stephen E. Ambrose · 1964

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This book is a biography on Emory Upton's career from a commissioned second lieutenant in the Fifth United States Artillery to his death by suicide in 1881.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 216 pages

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