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 382
... carpet - bagger . A scalawag was any Southerner who be- came a Republican , and accepted a Federal office , or who advocated votes for negroes . The carpet - baggers did not get control of the state govern- ments until the negroes were ...
... carpet - bagger . A scalawag was any Southerner who be- came a Republican , and accepted a Federal office , or who advocated votes for negroes . The carpet - baggers did not get control of the state govern- ments until the negroes were ...
Page 383
... carpet- bagger situation . Its activities widened into a species of guerrilla warfare , with the carpet - baggers on one side , and the Ku - Klux and Southern sentiment in opposition . Lawless and irresponsible , yet bound by its own ...
... carpet- bagger situation . Its activities widened into a species of guerrilla warfare , with the carpet - baggers on one side , and the Ku - Klux and Southern sentiment in opposition . Lawless and irresponsible , yet bound by its own ...
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... carpet - baggers . It was a curious situation . The garrisons spent money in the Southern towns and , without ... carpet - bagger was the pariah of the community . The letters of warning sent by the Ku - Klux were always written in a ...
... carpet - baggers . It was a curious situation . The garrisons spent money in the Southern towns and , without ... carpet - bagger was the pariah of the community . The letters of warning sent by the Ku - Klux were always written in a ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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