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 32
... talk of the beam - room . However , he found to his joy that other enterprises lying close at hand would take him away from the tannery altogether . One of these was the hauling of passengers from Georgetown to the steamboat landing on ...
... talk of the beam - room . However , he found to his joy that other enterprises lying close at hand would take him away from the tannery altogether . One of these was the hauling of passengers from Georgetown to the steamboat landing on ...
Page 41
... talks about hair - cutting and tonsorial appear- One learns that " cadets shall have their hair trimmed close , except from the crown to the forehead , which shall be neatly trimmed and dressed . Mustaches shall not be worn . " That ...
... talks about hair - cutting and tonsorial appear- One learns that " cadets shall have their hair trimmed close , except from the crown to the forehead , which shall be neatly trimmed and dressed . Mustaches shall not be worn . " That ...
Page 68
... talk of disunion , of secession , of forming two nations and in these secession projects the North was not in the least behind the South . Up to the beginning of the Civil War a large and influential body of opinion in every part of the ...
... talk of disunion , of secession , of forming two nations and in these secession projects the North was not in the least behind the South . Up to the beginning of the Civil War a large and influential body of opinion in every part of the ...
Page 72
... talk of " Manifest Destiny " and the " onward march of civilization . " With Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for a long time to come . In spite of all ...
... talk of " Manifest Destiny " and the " onward march of civilization . " With Mexico in the Union , and carved up into numerous slave states , the balance of power would be in Southern hands for a long time to come . In spite of all ...
Page 97
... Wilmot Proviso turned out to be a popular measure in Congress . It was defeated , but only by the smallest of margins . The vote on it showed the temper of the country . No use now to talk about gobbling up the whole.
... Wilmot Proviso turned out to be a popular measure in Congress . It was defeated , but only by the smallest of margins . The vote on it showed the temper of the country . No use now to talk about gobbling up the whole.
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