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 217
... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
Page 285
... soon can you start down the river with your gun- boats ? " Grant asked , and Porter replied : " To - morrow morn- ing . " Grant then said that he intended to leave at once , having been in Cairo about an hour , and that as soon as he ...
... soon can you start down the river with your gun- boats ? " Grant asked , and Porter replied : " To - morrow morn- ing . " Grant then said that he intended to leave at once , having been in Cairo about an hour , and that as soon as he ...
Page 477
... soon after- ward was elected president of the Mexican Southern Railway . The arrangement with this railroad was peculiar . I cannot make out that he received either salary or stock for his services . What was behind it I do not know ...
... soon after- ward was elected president of the Mexican Southern Railway . The arrangement with this railroad was peculiar . I cannot make out that he received either salary or stock for his services . What was behind it I do not know ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Meet General Grant, William E. Woodward Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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