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 91
... March 27 , 1847 , the town surrendered after Scott had battered his way through the walls . Despite the fierce resolutions hardly anybody died in the last ditch , though a few misguided patriots fired from second - story windows after ...
... March 27 , 1847 , the town surrendered after Scott had battered his way through the walls . Despite the fierce resolutions hardly anybody died in the last ditch , though a few misguided patriots fired from second - story windows after ...
Page 337
... march down through the state to Savannah and connect there with the Union blockading fleet ? He would have to abandon his communications with the North , but what difference would that make ? He could live on the country . The march to ...
... march down through the state to Savannah and connect there with the Union blockading fleet ? He would have to abandon his communications with the North , but what difference would that make ? He could live on the country . The march to ...
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... March 2 , 1867 . On the same day Congress passed a bill which forbade the President to issue any orders to the army except through the general in command - that is , through General Grant . The Radicals had begun to feel sure of Grant ...
... March 2 , 1867 . On the same day Congress passed a bill which forbade the President to issue any orders to the army except through the general in command - that is , through General Grant . The Radicals had begun to feel sure of Grant ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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