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movement of his army made a difference
The strange losing and stranger finding of Lee’s “General Order No. 191,” commonly referred to as “the lost despatch,” which he had issued September 9 for the movement of his army, made a difference in our Maryland campaign for better or for worse.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

my own hands and make a decision
At the conclusion of the reading he said quietly: “Owing to the unfortunate controversy which has arisen over this proposal I have been tempted to take the matter into my own hands and make a decision, as I have a right to do.
— from The Guardsman by Homer Greene

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