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 377
... Congress . But now the negroes were free , although they were not allowed to vote , and each had to be counted as a whole person . negro The result would be an increased representation from all the Southern states . . . in short , the ...
... Congress . But now the negroes were free , although they were not allowed to vote , and each had to be counted as a whole person . negro The result would be an increased representation from all the Southern states . . . in short , the ...
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... Congress , and the attempt to subject the people to military rule , there were , he said , in Congress , fifty at least of the first lawyers of the country who had voted for the Reconstruction law , and were not , he asked , the ...
... Congress , and the attempt to subject the people to military rule , there were , he said , in Congress , fifty at least of the first lawyers of the country who had voted for the Reconstruction law , and were not , he asked , the ...
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... Congress became involved in another financial affair called the Back Pay Grab . This particular grab was different from the other grabs of the epoch in that it was open and above board . On the last day of the session Congress passed a ...
... Congress became involved in another financial affair called the Back Pay Grab . This particular grab was different from the other grabs of the epoch in that it was open and above board . On the last day of the session Congress passed a ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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