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 212
... Donelson . " " Yes , " said Halleck dryly . He was thinking of the great subtle campaigns of the past and was bored . " With Donelson and Henry in our hands , " Grant went on , " there is nothing to prevent us from going straight to the ...
... Donelson . " " Yes , " said Halleck dryly . He was thinking of the great subtle campaigns of the past and was bored . " With Donelson and Henry in our hands , " Grant went on , " there is nothing to prevent us from going straight to the ...
Page 217
... Donelson . Ninety miles distant - to the east - the Confederate commander of that military district , Albert Sidney Johnston , had his headquarters at Bowling Green , with 14,000 men . As soon as Fort Donelson was threatened General ...
... Donelson . Ninety miles distant - to the east - the Confederate commander of that military district , Albert Sidney Johnston , had his headquarters at Bowling Green , with 14,000 men . As soon as Fort Donelson was threatened General ...
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... Donelson . In a direct line about seventy miles southeast of Donelson is Nashville , the capital of the state of Tennessee , and - in 1862 - one of the most important supply depots of the Con- federacy . I have already said that General ...
... Donelson . In a direct line about seventy miles southeast of Donelson is Nashville , the capital of the state of Tennessee , and - in 1862 - one of the most important supply depots of the Con- federacy . I have already said that General ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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