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 227
William E. Woodward. No Friends at Court 227 § 5 From all this emerges one certain fact - and that is that Grant had no powerful friends at court . He was not in favor with the Halleck clique ; McClellan was indifferent to him ; Lincoln ...
William E. Woodward. No Friends at Court 227 § 5 From all this emerges one certain fact - and that is that Grant had no powerful friends at court . He was not in favor with the Halleck clique ; McClellan was indifferent to him ; Lincoln ...
Page 447
... friends in official positions , and the President could remove them . One of Sumner's close friends was John Lothrop Motley , the American Minister to England . The day after the San Domingo treaty was rejected by the Senate Grant ...
... friends in official positions , and the President could remove them . One of Sumner's close friends was John Lothrop Motley , the American Minister to England . The day after the San Domingo treaty was rejected by the Senate Grant ...
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... friends . If he were not elected President he would have to obtain employment in some capacity suitable to his talents . At one time he thought of promoting a company to dig a transoceanic canal across Nicaragua , and a little later he ...
... friends . If he were not elected President he would have to obtain employment in some capacity suitable to his talents . At one time he thought of promoting a company to dig a transoceanic canal across Nicaragua , and a little later he ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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