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 182
... considered one of the men of promise in the early months of 1861. He was so unpromising , indeed , that he had consider- able difficulty in getting into service at all , despite the frantic demand for trained officers . With a letter of ...
... considered one of the men of promise in the early months of 1861. He was so unpromising , indeed , that he had consider- able difficulty in getting into service at all , despite the frantic demand for trained officers . With a letter of ...
Page 285
... considered him a formidable menace . We shall now turn our attention to Vicksburg and come back to McClernand later . $ 2 The town of Vicksburg stands on a bluff two hundred feet high on the east bank of the Mississippi . Before the ...
... considered him a formidable menace . We shall now turn our attention to Vicksburg and come back to McClernand later . $ 2 The town of Vicksburg stands on a bluff two hundred feet high on the east bank of the Mississippi . Before the ...
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... considered him a sort of Radical spy in the midst of his official family . Johnson decided to remove Stanton after the latter had re- fused to resign on request . He was removed or suspended- in 1867 , immediately after Congress ...
... considered him a sort of Radical spy in the midst of his official family . Johnson decided to remove Stanton after the latter had re- fused to resign on request . He was removed or suspended- in 1867 , immediately after Congress ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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