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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But millions believed it during the Civil War , and thousands still believe it . The attack on Fort Sumter did what the Confederate leaders expected it to do . It unified the South ; but it also unified the North .
But millions believed it during the Civil War , and thousands still believe it . The attack on Fort Sumter did what the Confederate leaders expected it to do . It unified the South ; but it also unified the North .
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I don't think he did ; I do not believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible recourse . His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back .
I don't think he did ; I do not believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible recourse . His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back .
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At one time he declared to Grant that he did not believe there was really an out - and - out atheist in the world , because religionno matter what its form may be — is an innate , or an intuitive , element of man's soul , and all ...
At one time he declared to Grant that he did not believe there was really an out - and - out atheist in the world , because religionno matter what its form may be — is an innate , or an intuitive , element of man's soul , and all ...
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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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