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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... supplies from the North . It went against his grain to turn back , but he did ; and as he retreated he began to live on the country . The northern counties of Mississippi were rich in food , and the Union foragers took nearly everything ...
... supplies from the North . It went against his grain to turn back , but he did ; and as he retreated he began to live on the country . The northern counties of Mississippi were rich in food , and the Union foragers took nearly everything ...
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... supplies might be safely brought in wagons over a fairly good road . On the night of October 26th , four days after Grant's ar- rival , fifty - two pontoons loaded with men , drifted silently down the river from Chattanooga . Just at ...
... supplies might be safely brought in wagons over a fairly good road . On the night of October 26th , four days after Grant's ar- rival , fifty - two pontoons loaded with men , drifted silently down the river from Chattanooga . Just at ...
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... supplies , for Grant could bring sup- plies and reënforcements by steamer up the James river , while Lee would have to depend on the two railroads that ran south- ward from Richmond . In time , Grant thought , the Union lines might be ...
... supplies , for Grant could bring sup- plies and reënforcements by steamer up the James river , while Lee would have to depend on the two railroads that ran south- ward from Richmond . In time , Grant thought , the Union lines might be ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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