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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... began to smash their way through Mc- Clernand's division , which stood opposite them on the extreme right of the Federal position . The ground was covered with ice , and the wind of the subsiding blizzard cut like a knife . The men's ...
... began to smash their way through Mc- Clernand's division , which stood opposite them on the extreme right of the Federal position . The ground was covered with ice , and the wind of the subsiding blizzard cut like a knife . The men's ...
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... began on May 5 , 1864 , when the Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan and encountered Lee ; it ended , properly speaking , six weeks later , when Grant moved his army to the south side of the James and appeared before the ...
... began on May 5 , 1864 , when the Army of the Potomac crossed the Rapidan and encountered Lee ; it ended , properly speaking , six weeks later , when Grant moved his army to the south side of the James and appeared before the ...
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... began to behave like a lamb . On May 29th he issued a proclamation of general amnesty in which he pardoned the entire rank and file of the Confederacy , with the exception of a few classes , such as the higher Confederate officials ...
... began to behave like a lamb . On May 29th he issued a proclamation of general amnesty in which he pardoned the entire rank and file of the Confederacy , with the exception of a few classes , such as the higher Confederate officials ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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