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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... sent to President Lincoln , through Governor Yates , a suggestion that the main attack on the Confederacy should be along the line of the Mississippi . \ This piece of ordinary common sense did not find much encouragement at that time ...
... sent to President Lincoln , through Governor Yates , a suggestion that the main attack on the Confederacy should be along the line of the Mississippi . \ This piece of ordinary common sense did not find much encouragement at that time ...
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... sent General Hunter -and , after him , General Sheridan - to raid the Shenandoah granary . They made a thoroughly heartless job of it , burning everything in sight , homes of non - combatants , bridges , mills , schoolhouses , churches ...
... sent General Hunter -and , after him , General Sheridan - to raid the Shenandoah granary . They made a thoroughly heartless job of it , burning everything in sight , homes of non - combatants , bridges , mills , schoolhouses , churches ...
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... sent a telegram to Sir John Cowell , Master of the Queen's Household , whom he had known for some time , in which he said : Personal and confidential to yourself . I would not , of course , make such a suggestion unauthorized , but if ...
... sent a telegram to Sir John Cowell , Master of the Queen's Household , whom he had known for some time , in which he said : Personal and confidential to yourself . I would not , of course , make such a suggestion unauthorized , but if ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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