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 196
... Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil ; And when our rights were threatened , the cry rose near and far ; Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star ! Chorus : Hurrah ! hurrah ! for the Bonnie Blue Flag that ...
... Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil ; And when our rights were threatened , the cry rose near and far ; Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star ! Chorus : Hurrah ! hurrah ! for the Bonnie Blue Flag that ...
Page 251
... fighting was over . When Grant arrived on the battlefield in the middle of the forenoon the plight of the Union army was critical , indeed . The Union left flank had been pushed back to the river , and Johnston's assault still showed no ...
... fighting was over . When Grant arrived on the battlefield in the middle of the forenoon the plight of the Union army was critical , indeed . The Union left flank had been pushed back to the river , and Johnston's assault still showed no ...
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... fighting man who became excited at times and shook his fist at the enemy . His chief military trait was headlong combativeness . He was much more of a fighting man than Grant , who detested war . Lee , on the contrary , loved war as one ...
... fighting man who became excited at times and shook his fist at the enemy . His chief military trait was headlong combativeness . He was much more of a fighting man than Grant , who detested war . Lee , on the contrary , loved war as one ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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