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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William E. Woodward. Ohio When It Was New 19 the year 1800 the whole state contained only forty - five thou- sand people ; by 1820 the number had grown to nearly six hundred thousand . In another ten years the figure fell little short of ...
William E. Woodward. Ohio When It Was New 19 the year 1800 the whole state contained only forty - five thou- sand people ; by 1820 the number had grown to nearly six hundred thousand . In another ten years the figure fell little short of ...
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... whole lives without either love or sexual experience . It is as certain as any historical fact can be that Grant was never immersed in love in the manner of the great lovers ; that he never gave himself wholly , at any time , to its ...
... whole lives without either love or sexual experience . It is as certain as any historical fact can be that Grant was never immersed in love in the manner of the great lovers ; that he never gave himself wholly , at any time , to its ...
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... whole of the 1864 campaign , says that Grant lost his temper only once during those trying months . One day the general and his staff were riding along a Virginia road in the route of the marching columns , when they came upon a ...
... whole of the 1864 campaign , says that Grant lost his temper only once during those trying months . One day the general and his staff were riding along a Virginia road in the route of the marching columns , when they came upon a ...
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... whole term at the Academy , and at his graduation he stood one hundred and fifty - six in order of conduct among a total number of two hundred and twenty - three cadets in the corps . An in- spection of the record shows that he was not ...
... whole term at the Academy , and at his graduation he stood one hundred and fifty - six in order of conduct among a total number of two hundred and twenty - three cadets in the corps . An in- spection of the record shows that he was not ...
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... whole I like the place very much — so much that I would not go away on any account . The fact is , if a man graduates here , he is safe for life , let him go where he will . There is much to dislike , but more to like . I mean to study ...
... whole I like the place very much — so much that I would not go away on any account . The fact is , if a man graduates here , he is safe for life , let him go where he will . There is much to dislike , but more to like . I mean to study ...
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