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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... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
... soon on his way toward Fort Donelson . He did not take and destroy it on the 8th ; the roads were too deep in mud for the troops to move , although there was a distance of only twelve miles to travel . His army began to march on the ...
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... soon can you start down the river with your gun- boats ? " Grant asked , and Porter replied : " To - morrow morn- ing . " Grant then said that he intended to leave at once , having been in Cairo about an hour , and that as soon as he ...
... soon can you start down the river with your gun- boats ? " Grant asked , and Porter replied : " To - morrow morn- ing . " Grant then said that he intended to leave at once , having been in Cairo about an hour , and that as soon as he ...
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... soon as he reached Chattanooga . The food supply was the most pressing problem - but it was one that was already in the course of solution when Grant arrived . A few days before Rosecrans had been relieved from command both he and ...
... soon as he reached Chattanooga . The food supply was the most pressing problem - but it was one that was already in the course of solution when Grant arrived . A few days before Rosecrans had been relieved from command both he and ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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