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 387
... Congress began in a splutter of speeches and threats . If Johnson had shown any desire to meet the moderates half ... Congress they were passed with feverish enthusiasm , over the presidential disapproval . In June , 1866 , Congress ...
... Congress began in a splutter of speeches and threats . If Johnson had shown any desire to meet the moderates half ... Congress they were passed with feverish enthusiasm , over the presidential disapproval . In June , 1866 , Congress ...
Page 390
... Congress , and the attempt to subject the people to military rule , there were , he said , in Congress , fifty at least of the first lawyers of the country who had voted for the Reconstruction law , and were not , he asked , the ...
... Congress , and the attempt to subject the people to military rule , there were , he said , in Congress , fifty at least of the first lawyers of the country who had voted for the Reconstruction law , and were not , he asked , the ...
Page 418
... Congress became involved in another financial affair called the Back Pay Grab . This particular grab was different from the other grabs of the epoch in that it was open and above board . On the last day of the session Congress passed a ...
... Congress became involved in another financial affair called the Back Pay Grab . This particular grab was different from the other grabs of the epoch in that it was open and above board . On the last day of the session Congress passed a ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Meet General Grant, William E. Woodward Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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