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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3 The Polk administration endeavored for months to irritate the Mexicans to the point of beginning hostilities , but without success until ... On the Rio Grande , opposite the Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort .
3 The Polk administration endeavored for months to irritate the Mexicans to the point of beginning hostilities , but without success until ... On the Rio Grande , opposite the Mexican town of Matamoras , the Americans built a fort .
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The campaign was like a series of hand - tohand fights on a stair - case , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly ...
The campaign was like a series of hand - tohand fights on a stair - case , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly ...
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It was a difficult job , for it was found necessary to unbolt the gun from its carriage and take it up the narrow staircase in pieces . When it was once there he set it up again and opened fire on the Mexican troops inside ...
It was a difficult job , for it was found necessary to unbolt the gun from its carriage and take it up the narrow staircase in pieces . When it was once there he set it up again and opened fire on the Mexican troops inside ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
GRANT FALLS IN LOVE | 55 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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