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 236
... wrote in his Diary : " I know my ribs stick out , being covered by skin only , for the want of sufficient food ; and this is the case with many thou- sands of non - producers , while there is enough for all if it were equally ...
... wrote in his Diary : " I know my ribs stick out , being covered by skin only , for the want of sufficient food ; and this is the case with many thou- sands of non - producers , while there is enough for all if it were equally ...
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... wrote , in his official report , " One hundred million dollars of damage has been done to Georgia ; twenty million inured to our benefit , the remainder simply waste and destruc- tion . " Sherman's path was marked by ruin and homeless ...
... wrote , in his official report , " One hundred million dollars of damage has been done to Georgia ; twenty million inured to our benefit , the remainder simply waste and destruc- tion . " Sherman's path was marked by ruin and homeless ...
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... wrote to Grant and said : " I want simply . . . to ask you how you can place a man in command of two army corps , who is as helpless as a child on the field of battle and as visionary as an opium - eater in council ? " Grant made no ...
... wrote to Grant and said : " I want simply . . . to ask you how you can place a man in command of two army corps , who is as helpless as a child on the field of battle and as visionary as an opium - eater in council ? " Grant made no ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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