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 96
... fire on the Mexican troops inside the city . The fire from the steeple was so damaging to the enemy that General Worth sent for Grant to compliment him on its effectiveness . Worth's messenger to the young man in the steeple was ...
... fire on the Mexican troops inside the city . The fire from the steeple was so damaging to the enemy that General Worth sent for Grant to compliment him on its effectiveness . Worth's messenger to the young man in the steeple was ...
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... fire , in such a driving storm . Grant and his staff spent the night in a ramshackle farm - house , lying on the floor . But if Grant's army was in bad shape , that of the Con- federates was worse . They had no overcoats , and not many ...
... fire , in such a driving storm . Grant and his staff spent the night in a ramshackle farm - house , lying on the floor . But if Grant's army was in bad shape , that of the Con- federates was worse . They had no overcoats , and not many ...
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... fire , hunger and terror . The Southern armies were broken and demoralized . Southern credit was gone , Southern resources were exhausted , and the Southern ports were falling into the hands of Union admirals . But Lee still held ...
... fire , hunger and terror . The Southern armies were broken and demoralized . Southern credit was gone , Southern resources were exhausted , and the Southern ports were falling into the hands of Union admirals . But Lee still held ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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