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 80
... Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort . They were within a few hundred yards of the Mexican army ; things began to look warlike , indeed . General Taylor's new sea - base was at Point Isabel , a place on the coast some ...
... Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort . They were within a few hundred yards of the Mexican army ; things began to look warlike , indeed . General Taylor's new sea - base was at Point Isabel , a place on the coast some ...
Page 92
... Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American officers quarreled continually over ...
... Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American officers quarreled continually over ...
Page 96
... Mexican troops inside the city . The fire from the steeple was so damaging to the enemy that General Worth sent for Grant to compliment him on its effectiveness . Worth's messenger to the young man in the steeple was Lieutenant J. C. ...
... Mexican troops inside the city . The fire from the steeple was so damaging to the enemy that General Worth sent for Grant to compliment him on its effectiveness . Worth's messenger to the young man in the steeple was Lieutenant J. C. ...
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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