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 89
... army had not been composed of such wretchedly poor human material . His soldiers were half - breed conscripts , driven to the army in gangs . They had no interest in the war , nor much conception of what it was about . With this rag - tag ...
... army had not been composed of such wretchedly poor human material . His soldiers were half - breed conscripts , driven to the army in gangs . They had no interest in the war , nor much conception of what it was about . With this rag - tag ...
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... army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite , and coming home in the evening . There is no satisfactory explanation as to why Grant did not remain with his army ...
... army . He went back and forth every day in a river steamer , going to work in the morning like a New York suburbanite , and coming home in the evening . There is no satisfactory explanation as to why Grant did not remain with his army ...
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... army , so he just dropped out , and now wanted to surrender himself . I told him to stay there and he would not be ... army kept its invincible faith in Lee . On the night of April 8th the shattered army slept on the ground , under the ...
... army , so he just dropped out , and now wanted to surrender himself . I told him to stay there and he would not be ... army kept its invincible faith in Lee . On the night of April 8th the shattered army slept on the ground , under the ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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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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