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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The Tennessee river and the Cumberland river both flow into the Ohio at or near the town . These large rivers rise far southward in Tennessee and Alabama . It was plain to the Confederate military authorities that Union gunboats ...
The Tennessee river and the Cumberland river both flow into the Ohio at or near the town . These large rivers rise far southward in Tennessee and Alabama . It was plain to the Confederate military authorities that Union gunboats ...
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“ Right here at the border line of Kentucky and Tennessee , ” he continued , “ these rivers , running northward and ... On the Tennessee river at this spot the enemy has Fort Henry — and due east , twelve miles away — where you see the ...
“ Right here at the border line of Kentucky and Tennessee , ” he continued , “ these rivers , running northward and ... On the Tennessee river at this spot the enemy has Fort Henry — and due east , twelve miles away — where you see the ...
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ting the troops on board a fleet of steamers at Memphis and landing them on the west side of the river - at the beginning of the hairpin curve . The houses of Vicksburg would then be visible on the sky - line , across the river ...
ting the troops on board a fleet of steamers at Memphis and landing them on the west side of the river - at the beginning of the hairpin curve . The houses of Vicksburg would then be visible on the sky - line , across the river ...
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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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