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 50
Page 105
... tion between him and his wife , would probably be more illumi- nating as to his personality - and certainly more interesting- than his description of the battle of Shiloh . At this time there was a dry - goods merchant in Detroit named ...
... tion between him and his wife , would probably be more illumi- nating as to his personality - and certainly more interesting- than his description of the battle of Shiloh . At this time there was a dry - goods merchant in Detroit named ...
Page 189
... tion of circumstances . Grant himself said with becoming modesty : " There are many men who would have done better than I did under the cir- cumstances in which I found myself . " While Grant was marching aimlessly through Missouri Lin ...
... tion of circumstances . Grant himself said with becoming modesty : " There are many men who would have done better than I did under the cir- cumstances in which I found myself . " While Grant was marching aimlessly through Missouri Lin ...
Page 276
... tion ; all the telegraph offices were invaded and stacks of mis- cellaneous telegrams were seized ; the writ of habeas corpus was suspended ; and thousands of men were imprisoned be- cause of their opinions . During the course of the ...
... tion ; all the telegraph offices were invaded and stacks of mis- cellaneous telegrams were seized ; the writ of habeas corpus was suspended ; and thousands of men were imprisoned be- cause of their opinions . During the course of the ...
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