2015 - Salon.com
Here's why Brian Beutler Wednesday, Feb 12, 2014 12:45 PM UTC 0 Politics Debt limit, Debt ceiling follow salon brought to you by Most Read Operation Jade Helm 15: Brave tweeter valiantly documents life in Obama-occupied Texas Scott Eric Kaufman How did this monster get created? The decades of GOP lies that brought us Donald Trump, Republican front-runner Heather Cox Richardson Fact-checking Bill O'Reilly's dumb, hateful lies: Fox News propaganda breaks new ground Aaron R. Hanlon "Let's burn it down!": Detroit Christians conspire to prevent Satanic Temple from unveiling Baphomet statue Scott Eric Kaufman Politics politics 2014 elections Obamacare The Right 2016 Elections Operation Jade Helm 15: Brave tweeter valiantly documents life in Obama-occupied Texas Scott Eric Kaufman How did this monster get created? The decades of GOP lies that brought us Donald Trump, Republican front-runner Heather Cox Richardson Fact-checking Bill O'Reilly's dumb, hateful lies: Fox News propaganda breaks new ground Aaron R
The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two-thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President
Thereafter, the ferocity of the recriminations and the insulting level of the rhetoric in the public debates, even the violence on the floor of Congress, is now hard to believe, though they still cast their shadows in the politics of the 2000's. As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassible face, it was impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or felt sad over the result, and was too manly to show it
This is a prospect the Confederate states certainly dreaded, with a large proportion of able-bodied men away from home women and children would be most vulnerable to slave violence and the Cotton States would be in turmoil. Reply Cranky Notions says: January 27, 2014 at 9:32 PM I deliberately went a little overboard here, to see if one can utilise the same rhetoric many use to denounce Confederates against Northerners
The son of an abolitionist, Grant owned slaves himself, and saw slaves as inferior, beings, only to be open minded enough to slowly come to embrace their emancipation not only as a military tactic, but as a moral stance. ag-wktn When are they going to make a movie on this? bette1981 The Satellite Sky craviola880 JFK powersroc AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDAL rob1961 Discuss Ulysses S
I believe now, as I did then, that it was for the best interest of this country, for the people of Santo Domingo, and all concerned that the proposition should be received favorably. I say here, however, that I do not share in the apprehension held by many as to the danger of governments becoming weakened and destroyed by reason of their extension of territory
ULYSSES S. GRANT HOMEPAGE - Grant The Artist
All text, photographs, graphics, artwork and other materials contained on this sight are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without prior written consent of The Ulysses S. Considered the greatest rider in the army, one of the few instances when Grant became angry was when he saw a teamster mistreating a horse during the Civil War
Former President Ulysses S. Grant dies - Jul 23, 1885 - HISTORY.com
facebook twitter google+ Read More World War II 1951 Petain, leader of the Vichy government, dies On this day in 1951, General Henri-Philippe Petain, French national hero of World War I, who was convicted of collaboration with the German occupiers of his country during World War II and sentenced to life in prison, dies. facebook twitter google+ Read More Disaster 1976 Legionnaires gather in Philly On this day in 1976, members of the American Legion arrive in Philadelphia to celebrate the bicentennial of U.S
In 1839 Jesse sent the boy to the United States Military Academy at West Point, ignoring the fact that the small, skinny 17-year-old did not want to go
Ulysses S. Grant
Another consequence of his command style was that his senior officers, specifically Smith, felt free to hand out paroles to Rebel officers on their own initiative. Battle of New Market Heights: USCT Soldiers Proved Their HeroismOn a gunfire-swept slope near Richmond on September 29, 1864, USCT soldiers stood to the test and proved black men made good professional troops
Ulysses S. Grant Civil War General American President
Grant's sole claim to fame, that I can see, is that he understood the principle the guy with the most men wins, and simply caused battles to happen, leaving the details to others, trusting that the pool of bodies he threw in was deeper than the pool opposing his. Grant's commanders Grant's Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox The first scholarly examination of the use of military intelligence under Ulysses S
He was opposed by the Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour in the election of 1868, and by the legendary newspaper editor Horace Greeley, running on a ticket by the name of Liberal Republican, in 1872. And Grant began what soon became an illustrious military career.Grant showed skill and tenacity under fire, and gained a national reputation following the epic Battle of Shiloh in early 1862.President Lincoln eventually promoted him to command the entire Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com
In the early years of his marriage, Grant was assigned to a series of remote army posts, some of them on the West Coast, which kept him separated from his family. The following year, he moved with his parents, Jesse Grant (1794-1873) and Hannah Simpson Grant (1798-1883), to Georgetown, Ohio, where his father ran a tannery
Appomattox: How did Ulysses S. Grant become an embarrassment of history and Robert E. Lee a role model?
Maybe, if full racial equality is in our future, Grant will rise higher as the man who helped move the country a step toward its destination, while Lee declines to the background of history. Exhausted by Reconstruction and the battles over black rights, white Northerners were eager to put the past behind them and reunite with their Southern cousins
President Ulysses S. Grant
The most important measure of foreign policy during President Grant's administration was the treaty with Great Britain of 8 May 1871, known as the treaty of Washington. Grant now determined to concentrate all the National forces into several distinct armies, which should move simultaneously against the opposing Confederate armies, operate vigorously and continuously, and prevent them from detaching forces to strengthen threatened points, or for the purpose of making raids
No comments:
Post a Comment