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 14
... person of common sense , with curious lapses into indifference and self - absorption , is all we know of her . In the first year of her marriage , on April 27 , 1822 , her son Ulysses was born . For six weeks he was without a name . $ 2 ...
... person of common sense , with curious lapses into indifference and self - absorption , is all we know of her . In the first year of her marriage , on April 27 , 1822 , her son Ulysses was born . For six weeks he was without a name . $ 2 ...
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... person . His Sunday coat appeared on his back every day , and he wore gold - rimmed eye - glasses . Ulysses was a slender boy , small for his age , but possessed of astonishing physical strength . He was fairly good - looking , with his ...
... person . His Sunday coat appeared on his back every day , and he wore gold - rimmed eye - glasses . Ulysses was a slender boy , small for his age , but possessed of astonishing physical strength . He was fairly good - looking , with his ...
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... person with a red face and a hearty handshake . My own desultory researches into his antecedents have not been sufficient for me to say positively whether he was a colonel by reason of military service , or merely in the way of Southern ...
... person with a red face and a hearty handshake . My own desultory researches into his antecedents have not been sufficient for me to say positively whether he was a colonel by reason of military service , or merely in the way of Southern ...
Page 81
... person and not know it . Our troops rushed forward with shouts of victory and would kill and drive away the Mexicans from every piece of Artillery they could get their eyes upon . The Mexicans stood this hot work for over two hours but ...
... person and not know it . Our troops rushed forward with shouts of victory and would kill and drive away the Mexicans from every piece of Artillery they could get their eyes upon . The Mexicans stood this hot work for over two hours but ...
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... person , uneducated , eccentric , he was yet a great natural leader of men and exceedingly popular with his soldiers , " H. J. Eckenrode says of him . " He blundered into victories in an amazing way , and all of his battles were ...
... person , uneducated , eccentric , he was yet a great natural leader of men and exceedingly popular with his soldiers , " H. J. Eckenrode says of him . " He blundered into victories in an amazing way , and all of his battles were ...
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