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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... Republicans were not abolitionists ) , and it distinctly accepted the theory that slaves are property . As to states ' rights , the Republican platform conceded , " The inviolable rights of each state to order and control its own ...
... Republicans were not abolitionists ) , and it distinctly accepted the theory that slaves are property . As to states ' rights , the Republican platform conceded , " The inviolable rights of each state to order and control its own ...
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... Republican in name , though he was always a Democrat in thought and principle . The Republican national convention of 1864 contemplated this sturdy Southerner who had always stood up for the Union and came to the conclusion that he ...
... Republican in name , though he was always a Democrat in thought and principle . The Republican national convention of 1864 contemplated this sturdy Southerner who had always stood up for the Union and came to the conclusion that he ...
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... Republican convention met at Cincinnati in May , 1872 , and nominated Horace Greeley for President . The vice- presidential nominee was B. Gratz Brown . The nomination of Greeley was a gigantic mistake . He had long passed his prime ...
... Republican convention met at Cincinnati in May , 1872 , and nominated Horace Greeley for President . The vice- presidential nominee was B. Gratz Brown . The nomination of Greeley was a gigantic mistake . He had long passed his prime ...
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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