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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... Mexican War he was called the " Little Beauty " by the officers of his regi- ment . His sense of physical modesty was most unusual - for a man and a soldier - and , in other respects , he was something of a prude . During the Civil War ...
... Mexican War he was called the " Little Beauty " by the officers of his regi- ment . His sense of physical modesty was most unusual - for a man and a soldier - and , in other respects , he was something of a prude . During the Civil War ...
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... Mexican War , when his regiment was stationed in Texas . He says in his Memoirs : Each officer carried a shot - gun , and every evening , after going into camp , some would go out and soon return with venison and wild turkeys enough for ...
... Mexican War , when his regiment was stationed in Texas . He says in his Memoirs : Each officer carried a shot - gun , and every evening , after going into camp , some would go out and soon return with venison and wild turkeys enough for ...
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... Mexican dragon ; but long before her rescuer appeared she had rescued herself . If you look at it from another point of view , it was simply a case of international highway robbery , brutally frank , with Mexico as the victim . Both of ...
... Mexican dragon ; but long before her rescuer appeared she had rescued herself . If you look at it from another point of view , it was simply a case of international highway robbery , brutally frank , with Mexico as the victim . Both of ...
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... Mexican government refused to confirm the treaty of peace in which their independence was granted , so they re- mained a virtually independent republic without the consent of Mexico . In 1837 their independence was recognized by the ...
... Mexican government refused to confirm the treaty of peace in which their independence was granted , so they re- mained a virtually independent republic without the consent of Mexico . In 1837 their independence was recognized by the ...
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... Mexican republic was to come under American rule . There was much talk of " Manifest Destiny " and the " onward march of civilization . " With Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would ...
... Mexican republic was to come under American rule . There was much talk of " Manifest Destiny " and the " onward march of civilization . " With Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would ...
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