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Grant's and prosecution
In June 1876, due to friction over Bristow's zealous prosecution of the Whiskey Ring and rumor that Bristow was interested in running for the U. S. Presidency, Bristow resigned from President Grant's Cabinet.
A former Democrat, Pierrepont had difficulty fitting into the Grant Administration, as stress was created over his tenor during the prosecution of the Whiskey Ring and the indictment of Grant's private secretary, American Civil War general, Orville E. Babcock.

Grant's and civil
Historians until recently have given Grant's presidency the worst rankings ; however, his reputation has significantly improved because of greater appreciation for his foreign policy and civil rights achievements, particularly: avoiding war with Britain and Spain, the Fifteenth Amendment, persecution of the Ku Klux Klan, enforcement of voting rights, and his Indian Peace Policy.
The U. S. settled the Liberian-Grebo civil war in 1876 when Hamilton Fish dispatched the USS Alaska, under President Grant's authority, to Liberia.
Subsequent to the criminal trial Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris filed a US $ 25 million wrongful death civil lawsuit against BART on behalf of Grant's daughter and girlfriend.
His criticisms of civil maladministration during General Grant's terms as president led to a notable attempt on the part of that administration, in July 1873, to take him from New York on a charge of libel, to be tried without a jury in a Washington police court.

Grant's and rights
He thought Grant's story would be improved if Lady fall in love with a cynical dog character like the one in Greene's story, and bought the rights to it.
" Pierrepont believed that Grant's southern policy was good for the Southern people ; that African Americans needed to be protected in their rights ; and that government needed to govern justly and generously.
He rushed to tell Grant, confirming Grant's belief that the larvae of these marine animals were free swimming, but was upset when Grant claimed rights to the work.
Her Greatest Inspirational Songs is a compilation of songs spanning Amy Grant's career from 1977-1985 which was released after BMG acquired the rights to the catalog spanning this period.
The pressure came from debt with Viacom which owned the distribution rights for half of Grant's shows.

Grant's and under
Grant's troops, in close collaboration with the Union Navy under Foote, successfully captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River on February 6, 1862 and nearby Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River on February 16.
Also disputed was the unscrupulous annexation process under the supervision of Grant's private secretary, Orville E. Babcock.
At about 6 a. m. on April 6, 1862, when Grant's army was surprised and virtually routed by the sudden appearance of the Confederate States Army under Albert Sidney Johnston, Grant sent orders for Wallace to move his division up to support the division of Brig.
The cheetah is a carnivore, eating mostly mammals under, including the Thomson's gazelle, the Grant's gazelle, the springbok and the impala.
Before the Vicksburg Campaign in the spring of 1863, Sherman expressed serious reservations about the wisdom of Grant's unorthodox strategy, but he went on to perform well in that campaign under Grant's supervision.
During the Battle of Chattanooga in November, under Grant's overall command, Sherman quickly took his assigned target of Billy Goat Hill at the north end of Missionary Ridge, only to discover that it was not part of the ridge at all, but rather a detached spur separated from the main spine by a rock-strewn ravine.
Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged from Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army and moved to the southeast, attempting to lure Lee into battle under more favorable conditions.
During Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, Confederate troops under General George E. Pickett fought Union troops near Milford.
Although Meade generally performed effectively under Grant's supervision in the Overland Campaign and the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, a few instances of bad judgment marred his legacy.
Akerman, upon President Grant's appointment as his U. S. Attorney General, vigorously prosecuted the Klan in the South under the Enforcement Acts.
Early, at the Battle of Waynesboro in the Shenandoah Valley, Lee realized that an additional 50, 000 men under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan would probably join Grant's army at Petersburg.
After Grant's successful counterattack at Shiloh, Buell continued under Halleck's command in the Siege of Corinth.
As leader of Haringey Council, he had the job of dealing with the multi-million pound overspending under Bernie Grant's leadership on restoration of Alexandra Palace, which the Council holds in trust for the people of London.
* 1991: The first new-age anti-counterfeiting measures were introduced under Series 1990 with microscopic printing around Grant's portrait and a plastic security strip on the left side of the bill.
The Army of the Cumberland was reinforced by the troops of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee, along with two corps from the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, and Grant replaced Rosecrans in command.
According to Rawlins, the " first affair dignified by the name of a battle " for any of Grant's forces occurred at Fredericktown, Missouri, where some of Grant's troops helped defeat Confederate forces under M. Jeff Thompson.
Recently, Tom Bronson, his newly discovered son, has also taken up the title of Wildcat and has been taken under Grant's wing as a new member of the Justice Society of America.
In season three ( in " The Vincent Eaglewood Story ") Grant and Colfax are identified as the current President and VP, which dates it as Grant's first term ( March 1869 to March 1873 ); but also in season three ( in " The Countess Baranof Story ") the storyline involves the impending sale of Alaska by Russia, but that transaction actually took place in 1867 under Pres.
On March 1, Scarborough, Tamar, Cherokee, and Hinchinbrook sailed up the Savannah River to Five-Fathom Hole, accompanying transports carrying two to three hundred men under Grant's command.
Sherman's force of about 100, 000 men was composed of three subordinate armies: the Army of the Tennessee ( Grant's and later Sherman's army of 1862 – 63 ) under Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson ; the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas ; and the relatively small Army of the Ohio ( composed of only the XXIII Corps ) under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield.

Grant's and both
This was also Kangaroos ' veteran Shannon Grant's last AFL game, and he was given a standing ovation by both Swans and Kangaroos players as he represented both clubs throughout his career ( although it was at North Melbourne where Grant really made his mark in the game ) Their only clash in 2009 ( Round 14, which the Swans won by 15 points to end a four-game losing streak ) was aired into both the Sydney and Brisbane markets rather than the live vs. match which was a high-rating television match around the rest of the country.
At the outset, Garfield's relationship with the newly inaugurated President was cool on both sides ; Grant refused a requested post office appointment which Garfield recommended ; Garfield, out of loyalty to his army commander, still harbored some resentment for Grant's dismissal of Rosecrans.
In the 1960s he starred in such films as The Children's Hour with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, The Thrill of It All and Move Over, Darling ( a remake of My Favorite Wife in which Garner played Cary Grant's role ), both with Doris Day, Boys ' Night Out with Kim Novak and Tony Randall ; The Great Escape with Steve McQueen, The Americanization of Emily with Julie Andrews, Duel at Diablo with Sidney Poitier, and The Art of Love with Dick Van Dyke.
Florio was a regular topic on active anti-tax broadcasting from talk radio stations New Jersey 101. 5, Curtis Sliwa's AM Radio Talk Show and Bob Grant's AM Radio Talk show, both based in New York City.
Ariel teleports to the bridge of the Grant's commandship Icarus to explain that the Haydonites believe that all those who use protoculture must be destroyed, including both the Invid and humanity.
Ariel teleports to the bridge of the Grant's commandship Icarus to explain that the Haydonites believe that all those who use protoculture must be destroyed, including both the Invid and humanity.
When Emory communicated Grant's message to both Gov.
During the Summer of 1875, both Bristow and Pierrepont obtained President Grant's order to " let know guilty man escape.
Historian Jonathan Spiro has argued that Grant's interests in conservationism and eugenics were not unrelated: both are hallmarks of the early 20th-century Progressive movement, and both assume the need for various types of stewardship over their charges.
After Butler's bill was defeated, Rep. Samuel Shellabarger of Ohio, drafted another bill — only slightly less sweeping than Butler's — which successfully passed both houses and became law upon Grant's signature on April 20.
Gen. Hoar's continuance on Grant's Cabinet tenuous, since both Boutwell and Hoar were from Massachusetts.
Playing both sides was Grant's son Wesley ( Dack Rambo ) who thirsted for more power in the family business and allied himself romantically with Racine.
" The question about Grant's Tomb became such a staple of the show that both Marx and Fenneman were shocked when one man got the question " wrong " by answering " No one ".
Considering Benicia's position as the major inland Army post and transport hub to the valley, both Grant's and the Brotherhood's affinity for strong drink and the early spread of the Brotherhood through Northern California, it is entirely possible that Grant was inducted into the Organization.
Grant's primary objective was to cut the railroad supply lines to the south of Petersburg, which would likely cause the fall of both Petersburg and Richmond.
His theatre credits include David Marshall Grant's Snakebit ( Off-Broadway at the Century Center and in Los Angeles at the Coast Playhouse ), South Coast Repertory ( Noises Off, Taking Steps, The Real Thing ), The Antaeus Company ( Peace In Our Time, The Malcontent, Cousin Bette, Tonight at 8: 30, Sinan Unel's Pera Palas ), Black Dahlia Theatre ( Jonathan Tolins ' Secrets of the Trade, Richard Kramer's Theater District, both directed by Matt Shakman ), The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble ( Bach at Leipzig, Small Tragedy ), L. A. Theatre Works ( The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial ), and Pasadena Playhouse ( If Memory Serves ).
On April 2, Grant's army achieved a breakthrough of the lines in the Third Battle of Petersburg, which prompted Lee to order the evacuation of both Petersburg and the Confederate capital of Richmond on the night of April 2 – 3.
This would cut off the supply lines to both Richmond and Lee, forcing the evacuation of the capital, and probably inducing Lee to attack Grant's army in a manner favorable to Grant's superior numbers and firepower.
Several of Grant's collegiate friends have bizarre speech impediments, dental deformities or both.
As Grant's time in Hawaii grew, in addition to studying the cultures and geography of Hawaii and its inhabitants, he began to grow interested in the myths and legends both already present and brought in by other cultures.

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