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 194
... carried a coffin at the head of its column , with the inscription : " This is for Abe Lincoln . We will bring him back in it . " Some of the Northern volunteers carried coffins , too - for Jefferson Davis . A Wisconsin regiment had no ...
... carried a coffin at the head of its column , with the inscription : " This is for Abe Lincoln . We will bring him back in it . " Some of the Northern volunteers carried coffins , too - for Jefferson Davis . A Wisconsin regiment had no ...
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William E. Woodward. protection . The steamers did not carry any troops , but only volunteer crews . The passage was ... carried . Even the tents and officers ' horses were left behind on account of the limited means of transportation ...
William E. Woodward. protection . The steamers did not carry any troops , but only volunteer crews . The passage was ... carried . Even the tents and officers ' horses were left behind on account of the limited means of transportation ...
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... carried on so quietly that even their own brokers did not know what they were trying to do , and by the middle of September they held contracts for at least twice the available supply of gold . Of course Corbin had to be taken care of ...
... carried on so quietly that even their own brokers did not know what they were trying to do , and by the middle of September they held contracts for at least twice the available supply of gold . Of course Corbin had to be taken care of ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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