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 46
Page 98
... success of the bakery — a notable achievement , for it was the only success in business that he ever had in his life . " I rented a bakery in the city , " he wrote . " Hired bakers - Mexicans - bought fuel and whatever was necessary ...
... success of the bakery — a notable achievement , for it was the only success in business that he ever had in his life . " I rented a bakery in the city , " he wrote . " Hired bakers - Mexicans - bought fuel and whatever was necessary ...
Page 182
... successful general . War is an anachronism in the modern world , a survival from primitive society . It has no more ... success in war . Grant , like Lee and Sherman , was fitted by nature and tem- perament for meeting the problems of ...
... successful general . War is an anachronism in the modern world , a survival from primitive society . It has no more ... success in war . Grant , like Lee and Sherman , was fitted by nature and tem- perament for meeting the problems of ...
Page 400
... success of his own financial affairs , and he thought he would do as much for the government . The real reason , in ... successful as Mr. Stewart , but in addition he had a large experience in government finance . It was he who had made ...
... success of his own financial affairs , and he thought he would do as much for the government . The real reason , in ... successful as Mr. Stewart , but in addition he had a large experience in government finance . It was he who had made ...
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