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 17
... hundred and sixteen to the story of his boyhood and youth up to the age of seventeen . And in these eight pages he says practically nothing about his youthful desires and feelings , nor does he mention the name of even one companion or ...
... hundred and sixteen to the story of his boyhood and youth up to the age of seventeen . And in these eight pages he says practically nothing about his youthful desires and feelings , nor does he mention the name of even one companion or ...
Page 19
... hundred thousand . In another ten years the figure fell little short of a million , and Ohio stood fourth among the states in population . It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry ...
... hundred thousand . In another ten years the figure fell little short of a million , and Ohio stood fourth among the states in population . It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry ...
Page 30
... hundreds of desperately stricken men lay in the bullet - swept space between the lines , under the torrid sun , dying within sight of both armies , while Grant and Lee haggled over the finicky terms of a truce for taking care of the ...
... hundreds of desperately stricken men lay in the bullet - swept space between the lines , under the torrid sun , dying within sight of both armies , while Grant and Lee haggled over the finicky terms of a truce for taking care of the ...
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... hundred and forty - eight num- bered paragraphs . These regulations were no doubt treated with respect , but not altogether with reverence , if one may judge by the penciled comments made on the margin of the pages by the cadet who ...
... hundred and forty - eight num- bered paragraphs . These regulations were no doubt treated with respect , but not altogether with reverence , if one may judge by the penciled comments made on the margin of the pages by the cadet who ...
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... hundred and fifty - six in order of conduct among a total number of two hundred and twenty - three cadets in the corps . An in- spection of the record shows that he was not vicious nor im- moral , but merely untidy ... and lazy . A ...
... hundred and fifty - six in order of conduct among a total number of two hundred and twenty - three cadets in the corps . An in- spection of the record shows that he was not vicious nor im- moral , but merely untidy ... and lazy . A ...
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