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 33
... have been aware of his father's intentions . Appointments to the Military Academy were made by Con- gressmen and Senators , then as now , and at that time the in- spiration was usually political . Jesse Grant saw difficulty ahead.
... have been aware of his father's intentions . Appointments to the Military Academy were made by Con- gressmen and Senators , then as now , and at that time the in- spiration was usually political . Jesse Grant saw difficulty ahead.
Page 71
... Senators . The opponents of slavery - the intelligentsia and reformers of the North - came defiantly to the combat . William Lloyd Garrison , the leading abolitionist of the time , called upon the Northern states to secede from the ...
... Senators . The opponents of slavery - the intelligentsia and reformers of the North - came defiantly to the combat . William Lloyd Garrison , the leading abolitionist of the time , called upon the Northern states to secede from the ...
Page 73
... Senate and the House they were not strong enough in the Senate to get a treaty of annexation ratified , as a treaty requires a two- thirds vote . After thinking it over awhile the leaders of the annexation party tore up the proposed ...
... Senate and the House they were not strong enough in the Senate to get a treaty of annexation ratified , as a treaty requires a two- thirds vote . After thinking it over awhile the leaders of the annexation party tore up the proposed ...
Page 105
... Senate long before Grant had become a national figure . The resounding row about the icy sidewalk was the first thing that occurred to both of them when they met again in Washington , but they succeeded in laughing it off . One fancies ...
... Senate long before Grant had become a national figure . The resounding row about the icy sidewalk was the first thing that occurred to both of them when they met again in Washington , but they succeeded in laughing it off . One fancies ...
Page 107
... before his inauguration he acquired a disturbing ad- miration for William H. Seward , the anti - slavery Senator from New York , and pocketed a large collection of Seward's views . " The people of the North need have no apprehension.
... before his inauguration he acquired a disturbing ad- miration for William H. Seward , the anti - slavery Senator from New York , and pocketed a large collection of Seward's views . " The people of the North need have no apprehension.
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