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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... Southern Ohio was then a backwoods region ; every one was poor , and society was acidly plebeian . Any assump tion of elegance evoked invidious backbiting comments . Even moderately well - to - do people were few , and the culture that ...
... Southern Ohio was then a backwoods region ; every one was poor , and society was acidly plebeian . Any assump tion of elegance evoked invidious backbiting comments . Even moderately well - to - do people were few , and the culture that ...
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... Southern . Sunny and spacious , with its wide verandas and crisp green lawns . The numerous buildings of the post were spread out like the fingers of an open hand . It had the effect of a miniature village planned by a child of generous ...
... Southern . Sunny and spacious , with its wide verandas and crisp green lawns . The numerous buildings of the post were spread out like the fingers of an open hand . It had the effect of a miniature village planned by a child of generous ...
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... Southern statesmen of the epoch were opposed to slavery and deplored its existence . They con- sidered it uneconomic , and a dead drag on Southern industry . But they did not know what to do about it . Washington hoped that some form of ...
... Southern statesmen of the epoch were opposed to slavery and deplored its existence . They con- sidered it uneconomic , and a dead drag on Southern industry . But they did not know what to do about it . Washington hoped that some form of ...
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... Southern aristocracy . Without the cotton gin , there can be hardly a doubt that the Civil War would not have happened . Slavery would have died peaceably of economic anemia . The Southern states would have done away with it on their ...
... Southern aristocracy . Without the cotton gin , there can be hardly a doubt that the Civil War would not have happened . Slavery would have died peaceably of economic anemia . The Southern states would have done away with it on their ...
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... Southern idea of emancipating the negro slowly faded to a shadow . But what of the North ? Long before the ... Southern leaders to maintain control of the national government . They created a Southern oligarchy in Congress which was so ...
... Southern idea of emancipating the negro slowly faded to a shadow . But what of the North ? Long before the ... Southern leaders to maintain control of the national government . They created a Southern oligarchy in Congress which was so ...
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