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 245
... called - had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompany- ing fleet of gunboats , up the Tennessee river , moving south- ward under General C. F. Smith . As the bright bayonets ...
... called - had gone on its way without him . He had stood on the river bank and seen it depart , with its accompany- ing fleet of gunboats , up the Tennessee river , moving south- ward under General C. F. Smith . As the bright bayonets ...
Page 324
... called it , " sidling toward Richmond . " Lee was ahead of him again , and was again pushed back . The fighting went on steadily , day after day . The opposing armies rolled over each other in the mud and dirt , like two determined ...
... called it , " sidling toward Richmond . " Lee was ahead of him again , and was again pushed back . The fighting went on steadily , day after day . The opposing armies rolled over each other in the mud and dirt , like two determined ...
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... called treason or bribery . But how about high crimes and misdemeanors ? Would not his total disregard of the Tenure of Office Act come under that head ? Before the articles of impeachment were adopted by the House they were given ...
... called treason or bribery . But how about high crimes and misdemeanors ? Would not his total disregard of the Tenure of Office Act come under that head ? Before the articles of impeachment were adopted by the House they were given ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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