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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... command of the expedition up the Tennessee . I think Smith will restore order and discipline . Grant came back to Fort Donelson in a few days and found a telegram from Halleck which read : " You will place General C. F. Smith in command ...
... command of the expedition up the Tennessee . I think Smith will restore order and discipline . Grant came back to Fort Donelson in a few days and found a telegram from Halleck which read : " You will place General C. F. Smith in command ...
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... command was 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 ...
... command was 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 ...
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... command by a telegram , and had put Major - General George H. Thomas , the next officer in rank , in his place . Of course , Grant intended to take full command himself as soon as he reached Chattanooga . The food supply was the most ...
... command by a telegram , and had put Major - General George H. Thomas , the next officer in rank , in his place . Of course , Grant intended to take full command himself as soon as he reached Chattanooga . The food supply was the most ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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