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 225
... command of all the Union armies : I have had no communication from Grant all week . He left his command without my authority and went to Nashville . . . . Satisfied with his victory , he sits and enjoys it without regard to the future ...
... command of all the Union armies : I have had no communication from Grant all week . He left his command without my authority and went to Nashville . . . . Satisfied with his victory , he sits and enjoys it without regard to the future ...
Page 226
... command of the expedition up the Tennessee . I think Smith will restore order and discipline . Grant came back to Fort Donelson in a few days and found a telegram from Halleck which read : " You will place General C. F. Smith in command ...
... command of the expedition up the Tennessee . I think Smith will restore order and discipline . Grant came back to Fort Donelson in a few days and found a telegram from Halleck which read : " You will place General C. F. Smith in command ...
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... command was 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 ...
... command was 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 ...
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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