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 183
... never went into a battle willingly or with enthusiasm , and I never want to com- mand another army . " In following the impulse of duty he wrote to the War De- partment at Washington early in 1861 , stated who he was , and said that he ...
... never went into a battle willingly or with enthusiasm , and I never want to com- mand another army . " In following the impulse of duty he wrote to the War De- partment at Washington early in 1861 , stated who he was , and said that he ...
Page 188
... never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot afterwards . From that event to the close of the war , I never experi- enced trepidation upon confronting an enemy , though I always felt more or less anxiety . I never forgot that he ...
... never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot afterwards . From that event to the close of the war , I never experi- enced trepidation upon confronting an enemy , though I always felt more or less anxiety . I never forgot that he ...
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... never had the faintest inkling of that fact . He considered it a huge triumph . He was elected for two terms ; he remained in his exalted post for eight years , and at the end he knew hardly any more about life and affairs than he knew ...
... never had the faintest inkling of that fact . He considered it a huge triumph . He was elected for two terms ; he remained in his exalted post for eight years , and at the end he knew hardly any more about life and affairs than he knew ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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