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 23
... remained his nickname until he left the village to become a cadet at West Point . § 5 I have an impression that he was very lonely and unhappy as a boy . He did not have any close boy or girl friends , according to the evidence , and ...
... remained his nickname until he left the village to become a cadet at West Point . § 5 I have an impression that he was very lonely and unhappy as a boy . He did not have any close boy or girl friends , according to the evidence , and ...
Page 44
... remained in it for the greater part of his life - mature on one side and infantile on the other . In this we see the real reason for many of the surprising contradictions that appear in his career . When- ever he encountered ...
... remained in it for the greater part of his life - mature on one side and infantile on the other . In this we see the real reason for many of the surprising contradictions that appear in his career . When- ever he encountered ...
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... remained there for more than a year . Life was almost without incident , though Ulysses wrote that he retained very agreeable recollections of his stay . The poker games among the officers were agreeable , to be sure . They played for ...
... remained there for more than a year . Life was almost without incident , though Ulysses wrote that he retained very agreeable recollections of his stay . The poker games among the officers were agreeable , to be sure . They played for ...
Page 81
... that they only thought of safty in flight . As a result of this two - days ' battle the Mexicans abandoned Matamoras , which was occupied immediately by Taylor's army . There it remained all through the hot summer of 1846.
... that they only thought of safty in flight . As a result of this two - days ' battle the Mexicans abandoned Matamoras , which was occupied immediately by Taylor's army . There it remained all through the hot summer of 1846.
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William E. Woodward. There it remained all through the hot summer of 1846 , doing nothing , and awaiting the regiments of volunteers that were being raised in the states . We must linger here a moment and take a good look at General ...
William E. Woodward. There it remained all through the hot summer of 1846 , doing nothing , and awaiting the regiments of volunteers that were being raised in the states . We must linger here a moment and take a good look at General ...
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