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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Page 247
... took command of the Union army - and April 6th , when Johnston and his Confederates routed the Federals out of their beds in one of the most remarkable surprise attacks in the history of modern war . Grant knew , of course , where the ...
... took command of the Union army - and April 6th , when Johnston and his Confederates routed the Federals out of their beds in one of the most remarkable surprise attacks in the history of modern war . Grant knew , of course , where the ...
Page 301
... took on a holiday air . There were vistas of broadcloth suits , bright dresses , parasols , fans and satin slippers . The ex - rebels who remained in the town started flourishing business enterprises and took in bushels of United States ...
... took on a holiday air . There were vistas of broadcloth suits , bright dresses , parasols , fans and satin slippers . The ex - rebels who remained in the town started flourishing business enterprises and took in bushels of United States ...
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... took nearly all they could lay their hands on . The statistics relating to this blatant robbery are guess- work , but it is a certain fact that most of the cotton agents went back to the North bulging with money ; and it is entirely ...
... took nearly all they could lay their hands on . The statistics relating to this blatant robbery are guess- work , but it is a certain fact that most of the cotton agents went back to the North bulging with money ; and it is entirely ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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