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It was not that their opponents became their superiors in soldiership, any more than in individual prowess.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson
But, publicly speaking, the more a soldier succeeds, the more he looks upon soldiership as something superior to all other kinds of ascendancy, and qualified to dispense with them.
From Captain Sword and Captain Pen A Poem by Hunt, Leigh
I warrant they would say there was some soldiership in it!
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
No man can describe the glory of Lee and Jackson, who shuts his eyes to the soldiership of McClellan, the patriotism of Hancock, the generosity of Grant, and the knighthood of McPherson and Custer.
From The Women of the Confederacy by Underwood, J. L.
If McClellan had in him the soldiership of a non-commissioned officer, on his knees he ought to implore his crew not to expose him in this way.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
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