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 337
... Sherman read all about it in the Confederate newspapers . The element of secrecy , which makes military strategy effective , was overlooked altogether . Sher- man sent General Thomas back to Tennessee to fight Hood , which he did - at ...
... Sherman read all about it in the Confederate newspapers . The element of secrecy , which makes military strategy effective , was overlooked altogether . Sher- man sent General Thomas back to Tennessee to fight Hood , which he did - at ...
Page 341
... Sherman , else he would have put a stop to them . Most of the soldiers of the invading army were honest , decent ... Sherman's soldiers protected Southern homes at the risk of their lives ; and there are authentic stories of privates and ...
... Sherman , else he would have put a stop to them . Most of the soldiers of the invading army were honest , decent ... Sherman's soldiers protected Southern homes at the risk of their lives ; and there are authentic stories of privates and ...
Page 358
... Sherman , the house- burner and scourge of mankind ? Only a few months before he had written that , in his opinion , all the fighting men in the South would have to be killed . Yet , here he is , agreeing to send them home with arms in ...
... Sherman , the house- burner and scourge of mankind ? Only a few months before he had written that , in his opinion , all the fighting men in the South would have to be killed . Yet , here he is , agreeing to send them home with arms in ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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