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 171
... Union by conventions which were skillfully manipulated . § 2 The confusion of ideas and impulses in the South was equaled by the hysterical state of the North in the face of actual secession . The abolitionists , or most of them ...
... Union by conventions which were skillfully manipulated . § 2 The confusion of ideas and impulses in the South was equaled by the hysterical state of the North in the face of actual secession . The abolitionists , or most of them ...
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... Union possession of the great river throughout its entire length would not only isolate Texas , Arkansas and part of ... Union victories on the Mississippi . The total effect of the Union campaigns in Virginia - until Grant took command ...
... Union possession of the great river throughout its entire length would not only isolate Texas , Arkansas and part of ... Union victories on the Mississippi . The total effect of the Union campaigns in Virginia - until Grant took command ...
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... Union army being aware of its presence . Before sundown one of the Union outposts had a sharp fight with a small body of the enemy , and some prisoners were brought in . A wounded Confederate said that the whole of Johnston's army had ...
... Union army being aware of its presence . Before sundown one of the Union outposts had a sharp fight with a small body of the enemy , and some prisoners were brought in . A wounded Confederate said that the whole of Johnston's army had ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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