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 19
... position of financial independence within a few years that he could build himself a really fine house . Coarse and heavy - handed as these people were , their coming was nevertheless not a migration of peasants , but of fortune- seekers ...
... position of financial independence within a few years that he could build himself a really fine house . Coarse and heavy - handed as these people were , their coming was nevertheless not a migration of peasants , but of fortune- seekers ...
Page 85
... position an officer must be unobtrusive as well as efficient , like a butler in a well - ordered household . It was desperately hard work in Mexico in the month of August , 1846. Loose sand and prickly cactus conspired with Mexican ...
... position an officer must be unobtrusive as well as efficient , like a butler in a well - ordered household . It was desperately hard work in Mexico in the month of August , 1846. Loose sand and prickly cactus conspired with Mexican ...
Page 86
... position as quartermaster , which kept him usually in the rear of the column . A carelessly dressed , taciturn officer , he seldom ap- peared at social gatherings . Besides his natural lack of aptitude for the jesting by - play that ...
... position as quartermaster , which kept him usually in the rear of the column . A carelessly dressed , taciturn officer , he seldom ap- peared at social gatherings . Besides his natural lack of aptitude for the jesting by - play that ...
Page 93
... and came to the conclusion that the steep slope in the rear of the Mexican position could be scaled . He was allowed to make the attempt , so while some desultory firing was kept up in front to distract Santa Anna's attention.
... and came to the conclusion that the steep slope in the rear of the Mexican position could be scaled . He was allowed to make the attempt , so while some desultory firing was kept up in front to distract Santa Anna's attention.
Page 94
... position . The rout of Santa Anna's army was pitiable . He lost all his artillery and most of his supplies ... positions of great strength . The country immediately adjacent to the City of Mexico consists chiefly of marshes which are ...
... position . The rout of Santa Anna's army was pitiable . He lost all his artillery and most of his supplies ... positions of great strength . The country immediately adjacent to the City of Mexico consists chiefly of marshes which are ...
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