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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 97
Page 7
... SOLDIER IV . GRANT FALLS IN LOVE • V. THE RESULTS OF INVENTIVE GENIUS PAGE 11 25 38 55 63 VI . GRANT THE PACIFIST VII . THE ROAD TO MEXICO VIII . GRANT TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF IX . THE LEAN YEARS . X. THE OLD SOUTH 75 85 101 117 · 137 XI ...
... SOLDIER IV . GRANT FALLS IN LOVE • V. THE RESULTS OF INVENTIVE GENIUS PAGE 11 25 38 55 63 VI . GRANT THE PACIFIST VII . THE ROAD TO MEXICO VIII . GRANT TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF IX . THE LEAN YEARS . X. THE OLD SOUTH 75 85 101 117 · 137 XI ...
Page 25
... soldier - and , in other respects , he was something of a prude . During the Civil War he would take his bath in his tent with the flaps carefully closed and pinned . While his bathing ritual was going on he would not admit even his own ...
... soldier - and , in other respects , he was something of a prude . During the Civil War he would take his bath in his tent with the flaps carefully closed and pinned . While his bathing ritual was going on he would not admit even his own ...
Page 29
... soldier , unusually gentle and magnanimous . Horace Porter , who was on Grant's staff during the whole of the 1864 ... soldiers at their feet and fix their gaze on far horizons . Grant was a good horizon - gazer , too , but when horses ...
... soldier , unusually gentle and magnanimous . Horace Porter , who was on Grant's staff during the whole of the 1864 ... soldiers at their feet and fix their gaze on far horizons . Grant was a good horizon - gazer , too , but when horses ...
Page 35
... soldier , but he was cheered by the thought that on his way to West Point he would pass through two large cities , and would have a chance to see them . Writing of this in his day of reminiscence , he said : " Going to West Point would ...
... soldier , but he was cheered by the thought that on his way to West Point he would pass through two large cities , and would have a chance to see them . Writing of this in his day of reminiscence , he said : " Going to West Point would ...
Page 37
... become enormously dynamic and successful . But when they are wrong their ideas strike like a hammer beating water , and then their failures are egregious beyond words . T CHAPTER III THE UNWILLING SOLDIER § 1 HE seventeen.
... become enormously dynamic and successful . But when they are wrong their ideas strike like a hammer beating water , and then their failures are egregious beyond words . T CHAPTER III THE UNWILLING SOLDIER § 1 HE seventeen.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolitionists American appeared Badeau bank battle became began bonds Bonnie Blue Flag cabinet cadet called campaign Carolina carpet-baggers cent Civil Colonel command Confederacy Confederate Congress cotton Davis declared Democrats Dent Donelson Federal fight Fort Donelson Frémont friends Galena gold Grant & Ward Halleck hand Horace Porter horses hundred idea Jefferson Davis Jesse Grant Johnson knew Ku-Klux land Lee's letter Lincoln lived looked McClernand ment Mexican Mexico miles military Mississippi Missouri Compromise negro never newspapers North Northern officers paper party person political President Radical railroad Rawlins regiment Republican Richmond river says secession Secretary Senate sent Sherman side slave slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern steamers stood Sumner talk Tennessee things thought thousand dollars tion took troops turned Ulysses Union army Vicksburg vote wanted Washington West Point wrote York young