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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As he rode along his lines on his cream - colored horse he saw soldiers standing in groups , out of line , out of position ... standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air .
As he rode along his lines on his cream - colored horse he saw soldiers standing in groups , out of line , out of position ... standing in panicky little knots of men . There was a feeling of defeat in the air .
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If this battery could be taken , and the position held , then steamers would be able to come up the Tennessee either to Brown's Ferry , about three miles ( by land ) below Chattanooga , or to Kelly's Ferry , some miles further down the ...
If this battery could be taken , and the position held , then steamers would be able to come up the Tennessee either to Brown's Ferry , about three miles ( by land ) below Chattanooga , or to Kelly's Ferry , some miles further down the ...
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Grant's presence at the front with the army in Virginia put Meade in an anomalous and uncomfortable position . Meade offered to resign . but let Grant tell it in his own words . He says ( Memoirs , Vol . II , p . 116 ) : .
Grant's presence at the front with the army in Virginia put Meade in an anomalous and uncomfortable position . Meade offered to resign . but let Grant tell it in his own words . He says ( Memoirs , Vol . II , p . 116 ) : .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
GRANT FALLS IN LOVE | 55 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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