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 78
... troops , but too few in num- ber for a decisive invasion of Mexico . Besides , the two coun- tries were still at peace with one another . President Polk could not call for volunteers until a state of war existed , and the American case ...
... troops , but too few in num- ber for a decisive invasion of Mexico . Besides , the two coun- tries were still at peace with one another . President Polk could not call for volunteers until a state of war existed , and the American case ...
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... troops were particularly joyous . The vol- unteer companies gave their organizations such fierce names as " Tigers , " " Wild Cats , " " Lions , " and " Scorpions , " and for the first few months these rowdy aggregations were almost ...
... troops were particularly joyous . The vol- unteer companies gave their organizations such fierce names as " Tigers , " " Wild Cats , " " Lions , " and " Scorpions , " and for the first few months these rowdy aggregations were almost ...
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... troops arrived unexpectedly on the squashy banks of the creek . They drove off the Confederates , but it took three days to raise the trees from the stream so the gunboats could gingerly back out . The attempts along the line of the ...
... troops arrived unexpectedly on the squashy banks of the creek . They drove off the Confederates , but it took three days to raise the trees from the stream so the gunboats could gingerly back out . The attempts along the line of the ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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