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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This Proclamation was considered only a war measure and was to be effective only in the states that were in rebellion . Even as a military procedure its constitutionality was doubtful . Slavery was not abolished in the border states ...
This Proclamation was considered only a war measure and was to be effective only in the states that were in rebellion . Even as a military procedure its constitutionality was doubtful . Slavery was not abolished in the border states ...
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The Grant - Sherman combination 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 Grant - Sherman combination 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 ...
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He had found that his simplest decisions carried vast implications ; and that stinging criticism was often the reward of what he considered praiseworthy actions . Any man in public life needs a thick shell of indifference to what others ...
He had found that his simplest decisions carried vast implications ; and that stinging criticism was often the reward of what he considered praiseworthy actions . Any man in public life needs a thick shell of indifference to what others ...
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User Review - pjsullivan - LibraryThingThis biography of Grant extends into a history of his times. The writing is informed, elegant, readable, and interesting. And very quotable: "Certainly no man can be a Christian and a soldier at the ... Read full review
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant 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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