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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William E. Woodward. ILLUSTRATIONS Profile of President Grant · General Grant at the Age of Twenty - one Grant's Parents Mrs. Julia Dent Grant • · House in which Grant Lived in St. Louis in 1859 . Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher ...
William E. Woodward. ILLUSTRATIONS Profile of President Grant · General Grant at the Age of Twenty - one Grant's Parents Mrs. Julia Dent Grant • · House in which Grant Lived in St. Louis in 1859 . Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher ...
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... Grant had married Hannah Simpson . The boy's middle name must be Simpson , so the hovering pen de- scended and wrote Ulysses Simpson Grant . In this manner did the insignificant Mr. Hamer contribute his mite to the history of the world ...
... Grant had married Hannah Simpson . The boy's middle name must be Simpson , so the hovering pen de- scended and wrote Ulysses Simpson Grant . In this manner did the insignificant Mr. Hamer contribute his mite to the history of the world ...
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... Grant's time were Longstreet , Hardee , Rosecrans , Pope , Ewell and Buckner - all of whom became famous generals , though some of them are famous only because of their defeats . Grant was not on intimate terms of friendship with any of ...
... Grant's time were Longstreet , Hardee , Rosecrans , Pope , Ewell and Buckner - all of whom became famous generals , though some of them are famous only because of their defeats . Grant was not on intimate terms of friendship with any of ...
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... Grant and his horse go over it . At last , covered with dust and sweat , they leave the ring . Cadet Grant never turns back , never smiles and never meets the admiring ladies . § 6 The commandant of cadets during Grant's years at the ...
... Grant and his horse go over it . At last , covered with dust and sweat , they leave the ring . Cadet Grant never turns back , never smiles and never meets the admiring ladies . § 6 The commandant of cadets during Grant's years at the ...
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... Grant , measuring five feet eight inches in height - and very slender - looked small beside the militia officers , who had been chosen chiefly on account of size and bellowing ... GRANT General Grant's mother . Died at 56 Meet General Grant.
... Grant , measuring five feet eight inches in height - and very slender - looked small beside the militia officers , who had been chosen chiefly on account of size and bellowing ... GRANT General Grant's mother . Died at 56 Meet General Grant.
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