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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 67
Page 160
... side for eight weeks , when they denounced the members upon this side with violent and offensive language . We listened to them quietly and heard them through . And now , sir , this side shall be heard , let the consequences be what ...
... side for eight weeks , when they denounced the members upon this side with violent and offensive language . We listened to them quietly and heard them through . And now , sir , this side shall be heard , let the consequences be what ...
Page 161
... side of the House can say where a member shall speak , and they shall not say it " ; also the cries of a member from Mississippi and a member from Kentucky insisting that Lovejoy could not speak on their side , “ let the con- sequences ...
... side of the House can say where a member shall speak , and they shall not say it " ; also the cries of a member from Mississippi and a member from Kentucky insisting that Lovejoy could not speak on their side , “ let the con- sequences ...
Page 210
... side , a few miles above Belmont , and marched down through corn- fields and underbrush toward the Confederate position . It was a disorganized fight , full of cheering , yelling and smoke . None of the troops on either side had ever ...
... side , a few miles above Belmont , and marched down through corn- fields and underbrush toward the Confederate position . It was a disorganized fight , full of cheering , yelling and smoke . None of the troops on either side had ever ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
31 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolitionists American Andrew Johnson appeared Badeau bank battle became bonds Bonnie Blue Flag cabinet cadet campaign Carolina carpet-baggers cent Civil Colonel command Confederacy Confederate Congress cotton declared Democrats Dent Donelson fight Fort Donelson Frémont friends Galena gold Grant & Ward Halleck hand Horace Porter horses hundred idea Jefferson Davis Jesse Grant Johnson knew Ku-Klux land Lee's letter Lincoln lived looked McClellan McClernand Memoirs ment Mexican Mexico miles military Mississippi Missouri Compromise negro never newspapers North Northern officers paper party person political President Radical railroad Rawlins regiment Republican Richmond river says secession Secretary Senate sent Sherman side slave slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern steamers stood Sumner talk Tennessee things thought thousand dollars tion troops turned Ulysses Union army Vicksburg vote wanted Ward Washington West Point wrote York young