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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... Confederate defenses at Cold Harbor . There they were shot down in a slaughter that has never had a parallel on this continent . Then for three days hundreds of desperately stricken men lay in the bullet - swept space between the lines ...
... Confederate defenses at Cold Harbor . There they were shot down in a slaughter that has never had a parallel on this continent . Then for three days hundreds of desperately stricken men lay in the bullet - swept space between the lines ...
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... Confederate Congress when that body elected Jefferson Davis to the leadership of the Confederacy . Through his single military exploit Davis acquired an ab- surdly exaggerated reputation . As its echoes came back to him he began to look ...
... Confederate Congress when that body elected Jefferson Davis to the leadership of the Confederacy . Through his single military exploit Davis acquired an ab- surdly exaggerated reputation . As its echoes came back to him he began to look ...
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... Confederate serv- ice surrendered Vicksburg to Grant . ) On September 14 , 1847 , Scott's army entered the city , and the Mexican War was at an end . According to the terms of the peace treaty Mexico had to give up all her territory ...
... Confederate serv- ice surrendered Vicksburg to Grant . ) On September 14 , 1847 , Scott's army entered the city , and the Mexican War was at an end . According to the terms of the peace treaty Mexico had to give up all her territory ...
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... Confederate service , and commanded at Fort Donelson , which Grant captured in 1862 , with fifteen thousand prisoners , including General Buckner . ) I think Grant felt a relief at getting out of the army , though he was crestfallen ...
... Confederate service , and commanded at Fort Donelson , which Grant captured in 1862 , with fifteen thousand prisoners , including General Buckner . ) I think Grant felt a relief at getting out of the army , though he was crestfallen ...
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... Confederate army , the slaves took care of the white women and children . At that time there were nearly a million ... Confederacy between sunrise and sunset . It was not lack of courage that kept them from revolt . The theory that the ...
... Confederate army , the slaves took care of the white women and children . At that time there were nearly a million ... Confederacy between sunrise and sunset . It was not lack of courage that kept them from revolt . The theory that the ...
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