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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... Confederate States was al- most on the point of disintegration . " You'll have to sprinkle blood in the faces of the people of Alabama , ” said a prominent citizen of that state to Jefferson Davis , " or Alabama will be out of the ...
... Confederate States was al- most on the point of disintegration . " You'll have to sprinkle blood in the faces of the people of Alabama , ” said a prominent citizen of that state to Jefferson Davis , " or Alabama will be out of the ...
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... Confederate armies , and the other was to cut the Confederacy into separate and isolated pieces . He knew that as long as the Southern armies existed there was no use in occupying towns or places , unless such occupation would interrupt ...
... Confederate armies , and the other was to cut the Confederacy into separate and isolated pieces . He knew that as long as the Southern armies existed there was no use in occupying towns or places , unless such occupation would interrupt ...
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... for a month at it , and then crammed it full of powder in barrels . Lee knew the mine was being dug , and his officers made desperate efforts to locate it by countermining , but without 333 THE SUNSET OF THE CONFEDERACY.
... for a month at it , and then crammed it full of powder in barrels . Lee knew the mine was being dug , and his officers made desperate efforts to locate it by countermining , but without 333 THE SUNSET OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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