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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... BATTLE OF SHILOH · 245 XIX . THE NORTH AT WAR . 263 XX . THE VICKSBURG Adventure XXI . GRANT IS MADE GENERAL - IN - CHIEF . XXII . GRANT AND LEE XXIII . THE SUNSET OF THE CONFEDERACY • 282 • 302 320 333 CHAPTER XXIV . THE ERA OF ANDREW ...
... BATTLE OF SHILOH · 245 XIX . THE NORTH AT WAR . 263 XX . THE VICKSBURG Adventure XXI . GRANT IS MADE GENERAL - IN - CHIEF . XXII . GRANT AND LEE XXIII . THE SUNSET OF THE CONFEDERACY • 282 • 302 320 333 CHAPTER XXIV . THE ERA OF ANDREW ...
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... The two armies met at a place called Palo Alto on May 8 , 1846. This was the first battle of the Mexican War . and the first time that Grant ever heard the sound of a bullet going Too Busy to Be Afraid 81 on its way . 80 Meet General Grant.
... The two armies met at a place called Palo Alto on May 8 , 1846. This was the first battle of the Mexican War . and the first time that Grant ever heard the sound of a bullet going Too Busy to Be Afraid 81 on its way . 80 Meet General Grant.
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... among them that they only thought of safty in flight . As a result of this two - days ' battle the Mexicans abandoned Matamoras , which was occupied immediately by Taylor's army . There it remained all through the hot summer of 1846.
... among them that they only thought of safty in flight . As a result of this two - days ' battle the Mexicans abandoned Matamoras , which was occupied immediately by Taylor's army . There it remained all through the hot summer of 1846.
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... battles were victories . Rough and practical , Taylor had a natural distaste for West Point fastidiousness and airiness . . . . ” • • · Among the volunteer regiments was one from Mississippi commanded by Jefferson Davis , a lean , gray ...
... battles were victories . Rough and practical , Taylor had a natural distaste for West Point fastidiousness and airiness . . . . ” • • · Among the volunteer regiments was one from Mississippi commanded by Jefferson Davis , a lean , gray ...
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... who was also a general . If Taylor could win battles sitting sideways on his horse , his coat unbuttoned , and a cigar in his mouth , why could not another man do as well ? 84 Now the American army , increased by a horde.
... who was also a general . If Taylor could win battles sitting sideways on his horse , his coat unbuttoned , and a cigar in his mouth , why could not another man do as well ? 84 Now the American army , increased by a horde.
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