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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... Lived in St. Louis in 1859 . Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe John Brown Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis . Grant's " Unconditional Surrender " Message John A. Rawlins · · General William Tecumseh Sherman Recruiting Office in ...
... Lived in St. Louis in 1859 . Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe John Brown Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis . Grant's " Unconditional Surrender " Message John A. Rawlins · · General William Tecumseh Sherman Recruiting Office in ...
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... lived on their sorry New England farms from 1630 until poverty drove them westward a few years after the American Revolution . None of them had reached any distinction worth mentioning . The history of these early Grants is an unbroken ...
... lived on their sorry New England farms from 1630 until poverty drove them westward a few years after the American Revolution . None of them had reached any distinction worth mentioning . The history of these early Grants is an unbroken ...
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... lived in a neighboring set- tlement . Her family had come from Pennsylvania , and her father was prosperous , considering the limitations of the time . He owned a large farm and lived in a brick house . It would appear that Jesse ...
... lived in a neighboring set- tlement . Her family had come from Pennsylvania , and her father was prosperous , considering the limitations of the time . He owned a large farm and lived in a brick house . It would appear that Jesse ...
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... and went to Professor White's school with Grant . This honest old sea- dog lived to an advanced age and died amid the murmur of recollections . He might have told something of real impor- tance about Grant's youth if he had possessed an ...
... and went to Professor White's school with Grant . This honest old sea- dog lived to an advanced age and died amid the murmur of recollections . He might have told something of real impor- tance about Grant's youth if he had possessed an ...
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... lived in cabins and carved new commonwealths out of the wilderness . The pioneer was supposed to possess a special courage and virtue of his own . The mirage of new lands and new careers stood on the horizon of the American race . The ...
... lived in cabins and carved new commonwealths out of the wilderness . The pioneer was supposed to possess a special courage and virtue of his own . The mirage of new lands and new careers stood on the horizon of the American race . The ...
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