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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YRANT'S trouble with Halleck was over , for a time , but the Army of the Tennessee as his command was called — had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompanying fleet of gunboats ...
YRANT'S trouble with Halleck was over , for a time , but the Army of the Tennessee as his command was called — had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompanying fleet of gunboats ...
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He called it a " murderous policy of military incompetents . ” He thought that Grant was influenced in adopting this form of attack by Colonel C. B. Comstock of the staff . Comstock was an engineer - a West - Pointer — whose constant ...
He called it a " murderous policy of military incompetents . ” He thought that Grant was influenced in adopting this form of attack by Colonel C. B. Comstock of the staff . Comstock was an engineer - a West - Pointer — whose constant ...
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Long after the Klan was disbanded , so - called Ku - Klux outrages continued . Highway bandits who were caught red - handed often called themselves Ku - Klux , and credited their activities to a high and mysterious mission .
Long after the Klan was disbanded , so - called Ku - Klux outrages continued . Highway bandits who were caught red - handed often called themselves Ku - Klux , and credited their activities to a high and mysterious mission .
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User Review - pjsullivan - LibraryThingThis biography of Grant extends into a history of his times. The writing is informed, elegant, readable, and interesting. And very quotable: "Certainly no man can be a Christian and a soldier at the ... Read full review
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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