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 247
... took command of the Union army - and April 6th , when Johnston and his Confederates routed the Federals out of their beds in one of the most remarkable surprise attacks in the history of modern war . Grant knew , of course , where the ...
... took command of the Union army - and April 6th , when Johnston and his Confederates routed the Federals out of their beds in one of the most remarkable surprise attacks in the history of modern war . Grant knew , of course , where the ...
Page 264
... took place in front of the city and thousands of specta- tors stood on the high bluffs and watched the destruction of the Confederate fleet . The emaciated Southern newspapers , printed in muddy ink on coarse gray paper , ridiculed and ...
... took place in front of the city and thousands of specta- tors stood on the high bluffs and watched the destruction of the Confederate fleet . The emaciated Southern newspapers , printed in muddy ink on coarse gray paper , ridiculed and ...
Page 362
... took great delight in giving this speech a wide circulation . They declared that he had made it while he was drunk . When Congress met in December both houses refused to seat the Senators and representatives from the reconstructed ...
... took great delight in giving this speech a wide circulation . They declared that he had made it while he was drunk . When Congress met in December both houses refused to seat the Senators and representatives from the reconstructed ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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