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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... MEXICO VIII . GRANT TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF IX . THE LEAN YEARS . X. THE OLD SOUTH 75 85 101 117 · 137 XI . DRIFTING INTO WAR 151 · XII . GRANT LEAVES GALENA FOR THE WAR 168 XIII . MEN OF PROMISE 180 XIV . GRANT AT CAIRO 190 # XV . THE ...
... MEXICO VIII . GRANT TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF IX . THE LEAN YEARS . X. THE OLD SOUTH 75 85 101 117 · 137 XI . DRIFTING INTO WAR 151 · XII . GRANT LEAVES GALENA FOR THE WAR 168 XIII . MEN OF PROMISE 180 XIV . GRANT AT CAIRO 190 # XV . THE ...
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... Mexico is to be on the next page of American history and the page is turning . · The war between the United States and Mexico , if you look at it in one way , was a historical melodrama with Texas appearing on the stage as a weeping ...
... Mexico is to be on the next page of American history and the page is turning . · The war between the United States and Mexico , if you look at it in one way , was a historical melodrama with Texas appearing on the stage as a weeping ...
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... Mexico after a short and sanguinary con- flict , but 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 ...
... Mexico after a short and sanguinary con- flict , but 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 ...
Page 72
... Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for ... Mexico's claims , and might dispose of herself as she pleased . Hints were passed to representatives of the Texan ...
... Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for ... Mexico's claims , and might dispose of herself as she pleased . Hints were passed to representatives of the Texan ...
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... Mexico , conquer the whole lazy tribe , and take civilization and slavery to that part of the continent . So ran the minds of the annexationists as the presidential election approached . James K. Polk , an insignificant Tennessee ...
... Mexico , conquer the whole lazy tribe , and take civilization and slavery to that part of the continent . So ran the minds of the annexationists as the presidential election approached . James K. Polk , an insignificant Tennessee ...
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