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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... forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat ... force of Confederates . And at Fort Donelson , Grant's army , smaller than that of the Confederates at the beginning ...
... forces , and they were beaten in detail , and everywhere . Jefferson Davis was a cautious man , fearful of defeat ... force of Confederates . And at Fort Donelson , Grant's army , smaller than that of the Confederates at the beginning ...
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... force equaled that of the Confederates opposing him . From his landing place Grant marched northward toward ... forces with Pemberton ; Grant had already thrust his army between Jackson and Vicks- burg . But he had not come too late to ...
... force equaled that of the Confederates opposing him . From his landing place Grant marched northward toward ... forces with Pemberton ; Grant had already thrust his army between Jackson and Vicks- burg . But he had not come too late to ...
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... force . The fact is that the Army of the Potomac was so un- nerved after Cold Harbor that it had lost its dash . For months there was a pronounced reluctance on the part of the rank and file to go up against Confederate entrenchments ...
... force . The fact is that the Army of the Potomac was so un- nerved after Cold Harbor that it had lost its dash . For months there was a pronounced reluctance on the part of the rank and file to go up against Confederate entrenchments ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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