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 31
... side . He calls his dislike of retracing his steps a superstition , but it had in fact the formidable dimensions of an obsession . This peculiar and powerful trait was in full play during the Civil War , and often dominated his actions ...
... side . He calls his dislike of retracing his steps a superstition , but it had in fact the formidable dimensions of an obsession . This peculiar and powerful trait was in full play during the Civil War , and often dominated his actions ...
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... 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 circumstances that called for physical action he was always sure of himself ...
... 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 circumstances that called for physical action he was always sure of himself ...
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... side of the stream . I went on , however , to my destination and borrowed a dry suit from my future brother - in - law . Before I returned I mustered up courage to make known , in the most awkward manner imaginable , the discovery I had ...
... side of the stream . I went on , however , to my destination and borrowed a dry suit from my future brother - in - law . Before I returned I mustered up courage to make known , in the most awkward manner imaginable , the discovery I had ...
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... side by side , both of them narrow and sharp at the edges . . . and in 1819 they had their first head - on collision over the admission of Missouri as a state . The citizens of Missouri wanted to bring their territory into the Union as ...
... side by side , both of them narrow and sharp at the edges . . . and in 1819 they had their first head - on collision over the admission of Missouri as a state . The citizens of Missouri wanted to bring their territory into the Union as ...
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... side of a chalk mark and slavery on the other . The clever states- men who concocted this measure did not realize that they themselves were laying the foundation for a civil war ; that they were dividing the nation into two countries ...
... side of a chalk mark and slavery on the other . The clever states- men who concocted this measure did not realize that they themselves were laying the foundation for a civil war ; that they were dividing the nation into two countries ...
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