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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... called - had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompany- ing fleet of gunboats , up the Tennessee river , moving south- ward under General C. F. Smith . As the bright bayonets ...
... called - had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompany- ing fleet of gunboats , up the Tennessee river , moving south- ward under General C. F. Smith . As the bright bayonets ...
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... called a turncoat , a hypocrite , and even a traitor . The Radicals called him a turncoat , because he did not follow the Republican party — but he was always true to himself . Hypoc- risy was certainly no part of his dogmatic ...
... called a turncoat , a hypocrite , and even a traitor . The Radicals called him a turncoat , because he did not follow the Republican party — but he was always true to himself . Hypoc- risy was certainly no part of his dogmatic ...
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... called aid that has been given him has been pretty thoroughly misguided . § 3 On Christmas Eve of the year 1865 , six young men were killing time in a law office in Pulaski , Tennessee . One of them suggested that they get up a secret ...
... called aid that has been given him has been pretty thoroughly misguided . § 3 On Christmas Eve of the year 1865 , six young men were killing time in a law office in Pulaski , Tennessee . One of them suggested that they get up a secret ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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