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 321
... Lee's reënforcements came in little batches , or not at all . In six weeks Grant had pushed Lee , by main strength ... Lee's intentions . The Confederate commander purposely allowed him to cross the Rapidan without hindrance . Lee's plan ...
... Lee's reënforcements came in little batches , or not at all . In six weeks Grant had pushed Lee , by main strength ... Lee's intentions . The Confederate commander purposely allowed him to cross the Rapidan without hindrance . Lee's plan ...
Page 326
... Lee's sky , and he sees them . There is an undertone of despondency in his letters to his family . In these slow - paced , fatherly epistles we find him relying on Providence , the last refuge of dis- couraged generals . § 3 The roots ...
... Lee's sky , and he sees them . There is an undertone of despondency in his letters to his family . In these slow - paced , fatherly epistles we find him relying on Providence , the last refuge of dis- couraged generals . § 3 The roots ...
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... Lee's army . The Confederate chieftain replied that he did not consider the situation hopeless , but he would like ... Lee's path . Grant says : Lee's army was rapidly crumbling . . . . I know that I occupied a hotel almost destitute of ...
... Lee's army . The Confederate chieftain replied that he did not consider the situation hopeless , but he would like ... Lee's path . Grant says : Lee's army was rapidly crumbling . . . . I know that I occupied a hotel almost destitute of ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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