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 57
... Mississippi River and across western Louisiana to the Texas border . Among Grant's classmates at West Point there had been a cadet named Frederick T. Dent . This young man was wholesome , cheerful , and beefy . His mind was almost ...
... Mississippi River and across western Louisiana to the Texas border . Among Grant's classmates at West Point there had been a cadet named Frederick T. Dent . This young man was wholesome , cheerful , and beefy . His mind was almost ...
Page 65
... Mississippi . Slavery ran like a tidal wave across the Gulf states . Whitney's invention was the most momentous achievement of a single individual that has ever occurred on the American continent . It made cotton one of the great ...
... Mississippi . Slavery ran like a tidal wave across the Gulf states . Whitney's invention was the most momentous achievement of a single individual that has ever occurred on the American continent . It made cotton one of the great ...
Page 69
... Mississippi River and north of the 36 ° 30 ' parallel of latitude , which is the southern border line of the state of Missouri . The country was divided by the Missouri Compromise into two opposing parts . A neat piece of anatomical ...
... Mississippi River and north of the 36 ° 30 ' parallel of latitude , which is the southern border line of the state of Missouri . The country was divided by the Missouri Compromise into two opposing parts . A neat piece of anatomical ...
Page 82
... Mississippi commanded by Jefferson Davis , a lean , gray - eyed , sensitive man of intellectual habits . His first wife had been General Taylor's daughter . As a member of Congress Davis had spoken ardently in favor of the annexation of ...
... Mississippi commanded by Jefferson Davis , a lean , gray - eyed , sensitive man of intellectual habits . His first wife had been General Taylor's daughter . As a member of Congress Davis had spoken ardently in favor of the annexation of ...
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... Mississippi , by the hair , but Mr. Barks- dale wore a wig which came off in Mr. Washburne's hand . Upon the restoration of peace the wig was returned , with faint apologies . The assault on Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks , of South ...
... Mississippi , by the hair , but Mr. Barks- dale wore a wig which came off in Mr. Washburne's hand . Upon the restoration of peace the wig was returned , with faint apologies . The assault on Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks , of South ...
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