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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... Vicksburg by way of the Mississippi . " And Porter added that he did not like McClernand , even if Lincoln did . Grant reflected a moment . If he could get to Vicksburg ahead of McClernand , would not that give him a sort of right of ...
... Vicksburg by way of the Mississippi . " And Porter added that he did not like McClernand , even if Lincoln did . Grant reflected a moment . If he could get to Vicksburg ahead of McClernand , would not that give him a sort of right of ...
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... Vicksburg by land was equally difficult , but in a different fashion . A few miles north of the town the Yazoo river , coming from the east , empties itself into the Mississippi . Its miles of swamps and shallow creeks - a wilderness of ...
... Vicksburg by land was equally difficult , but in a different fashion . A few miles north of the town the Yazoo river , coming from the east , empties itself into the Mississippi . Its miles of swamps and shallow creeks - a wilderness of ...
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... Vicksburg . In the meantime , General Joseph E. Johnston , who had been sent by the Confederate government to take charge of all the military operations in that district , arrived at Jack- son , forty miles east of Vicksburg , with ...
... Vicksburg . In the meantime , General Joseph E. Johnston , who had been sent by the Confederate government to take charge of all the military operations in that district , arrived at Jack- son , forty miles east of Vicksburg , with ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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