Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 14
... Civil War , when the name of General Grant was like a word written in the skies , to be seen by all men , Ulysses came back to his father's cottage for a brief visit . His mother appeared , in her working apron , her countenance without ...
... Civil War , when the name of General Grant was like a word written in the skies , to be seen by all men , Ulysses came back to his father's cottage for a brief visit . His mother appeared , in her working apron , her countenance without ...
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... Civil War he would take his bath in his tent with the flaps carefully closed and pinned . While his bathing ritual was going on he would not admit even his own The other generals at headquarters were not so finicky . Usually they stood ...
... Civil War he would take his bath in his tent with the flaps carefully closed and pinned . While his bathing ritual was going on he would not admit even his own The other generals at headquarters were not so finicky . Usually they stood ...
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... Civil War , and often dominated his actions . & 3 He did not want to have anything to do with his father's tannery , though Jesse Grant expected his eldest son to become a tanner , as a matter of course . The Memoirs say , in their cool ...
... Civil War , and often dominated his actions . & 3 He did not want to have anything to do with his father's tannery , though Jesse Grant expected his eldest son to become a tanner , as a matter of course . The Memoirs say , in their cool ...
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... Civil War . § 3 Grant discovered within twenty - four hours that the scat- tering disorder of a Georgetown working day was at West Point nothing less than a violation of the most solemn com- mandments . Easy enough to learn the rules ...
... Civil War . § 3 Grant discovered within twenty - four hours that the scat- tering disorder of a Georgetown working day was at West Point nothing less than a violation of the most solemn com- mandments . Easy enough to learn the rules ...
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... Civil War lay in West Point as a child lies in its mother's womb . Among the cadets who were there during Grant's time were Longstreet , Hardee , Rosecrans , Pope , Ewell and Buckner - all of whom became famous generals , though some of ...
... Civil War lay in West Point as a child lies in its mother's womb . Among the cadets who were there during Grant's time were Longstreet , Hardee , Rosecrans , Pope , Ewell and Buckner - all of whom became famous generals , though some of ...
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