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 19
... thousand . In another ten years the figure fell little short of a million , and Ohio stood fourth among the states in population . It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry mud ...
... thousand . In another ten years the figure fell little short of a million , and Ohio stood fourth among the states in population . It was a land of calloused hands , of lean and muscular men , of canvas - covered wagons with dry mud ...
Page 49
... thousand dollars ; and Boston decided to make its present in the form of books . After the money to buy five thousand vol- umes had been raised one of the Boston representatives in Con- gress went about quietly to find out what military ...
... thousand dollars ; and Boston decided to make its present in the form of books . After the money to buy five thousand vol- umes had been raised one of the Boston representatives in Con- gress went about quietly to find out what military ...
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... the ownership of slaves within its borders . For the first time thousands of easy - going people realized that the country was already divided into two sections with modes of thought that were utterly antagonistic to.
... the ownership of slaves within its borders . For the first time thousands of easy - going people realized that the country was already divided into two sections with modes of thought that were utterly antagonistic to.
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... thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civili- zation : In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity , had issued stocks to a gullible public ...
... thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civili- zation : In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity , had issued stocks to a gullible public ...
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... thousand men , all of them regulars . They were good troops , but too few in num- ber for a decisive invasion of Mexico . Besides , the two coun- tries were still at peace with one another . President Polk could not call for volunteers ...
... thousand men , all of them regulars . They were good troops , but too few in num- ber for a decisive invasion of Mexico . Besides , the two coun- tries were still at peace with one another . President Polk could not call for volunteers ...
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