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 85
Page 87
... things because these were the things to do at the time , although they were not in accord with his inner life . The fact that he detested war - and especially the Mexican War - did not prevent him from being a good soldier . He went ...
... things because these were the things to do at the time , although they were not in accord with his inner life . The fact that he detested war - and especially the Mexican War - did not prevent him from being a good soldier . He went ...
Page 169
... things sat Jefferson Davis , President of the Confederate States , " a slight , light figure , little exceeding middle height , " holding himself erect and straight in his chair . " He was dressed in a rustic suit of slate - colored ...
... things sat Jefferson Davis , President of the Confederate States , " a slight , light figure , little exceeding middle height , " holding himself erect and straight in his chair . " He was dressed in a rustic suit of slate - colored ...
Page 409
... things about him is that he did not accumulate a fortune , for surely many closely veiled bribes in the form of ... thing " as going into a business community and interesting the leading business men by giving them shares . " The House ...
... things about him is that he did not accumulate a fortune , for surely many closely veiled bribes in the form of ... thing " as going into a business community and interesting the leading business men by giving them shares . " The House ...
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