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 47
... march there by companies . This is not republican . It is an Episcopal church . Contrary to the expectation of you and the rest of my Bethel friends , I have not been the least homesick . I would not go home on any account whatever ...
... march there by companies . This is not republican . It is an Episcopal church . Contrary to the expectation of you and the rest of my Bethel friends , I have not been the least homesick . I would not go home on any account whatever ...
Page 53
... could not keep step . As a sergeant he would have to march among the file - closers and therefore would not be able to throw the column out of step by his stumbling . The appointment to a sergeantcy turned out to be unfortu-
... could not keep step . As a sergeant he would have to march among the file - closers and therefore would not be able to throw the column out of step by his stumbling . The appointment to a sergeantcy turned out to be unfortu-
Page 72
... march of civilization . " With Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for a long time to come . In spite of all these shrewd manipulations it looked as if Texas ...
... march of civilization . " With Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for a long time to come . In spite of all these shrewd manipulations it looked as if Texas ...
Page 80
... March Taylor was ordered to advance across the Nueces strip to the Rio Grande . Corpus Christi was abandoned , and the army marched southward over ground claimed by Mexico . On the Rio Grande , opposite the Mexican town of Matamoras ...
... March Taylor was ordered to advance across the Nueces strip to the Rio Grande . Corpus Christi was abandoned , and the army marched southward over ground claimed by Mexico . On the Rio Grande , opposite the Mexican town of Matamoras ...
Page 91
... March 27 , 1847 , the town surrendered after Scott had battered his way through the walls . Despite the fierce resolutions hardly anybody died in the last ditch , though a few misguided patriots fired from second - story windows after ...
... March 27 , 1847 , the town surrendered after Scott had battered his way through the walls . Despite the fierce resolutions hardly anybody died in the last ditch , though a few misguided patriots fired from second - story windows after ...
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