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 173
... Confederate com- missioners for fear that such an act on his part would be considered a tacit recognition of the Confederate States . In these finicky questions of the hour he was often at fault , but how clear and vital was his ...
... Confederate com- missioners for fear that such an act on his part would be considered a tacit recognition of the Confederate States . In these finicky questions of the hour he was often at fault , but how clear and vital was his ...
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... Confederate leaders understood clearly that the North was superior in weight of men and metal . The statesmen among them relied - for a time , at least - on the intervention of Eng- land and France , and when that hope faded they ...
... Confederate leaders understood clearly that the North was superior in weight of men and metal . The statesmen among them relied - for a time , at least - on the intervention of Eng- land and France , and when that hope faded they ...
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... Confederate credit abroad . The Confed- erate commissioners allowed the Erlangers to draw on funds in their possession - the money obtained from the sale of the bonds and use it in buying back the bonds whenever the price sagged below ...
... Confederate credit abroad . The Confed- erate commissioners allowed the Erlangers to draw on funds in their possession - the money obtained from the sale of the bonds and use it in buying back the bonds whenever the price sagged below ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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