Andrew Johnson And Ulysses S Grant

Author : Garry Boulard
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1663244626
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant written by Garry Boulard and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1865, after the end of the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, two men bestrode the national government as giants: Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant. How these two men viewed what a post-war America should look like would determine policy and politics for generations to come, impacting the lives of millions of people, North and South, black and white. While both Johnson and Grant initially shared similar views regarding the necessity of bringing the South back into the Union fold as expeditiously as possible, their differences, particularly regarding the fate of millions of recently-freed African Americans, would soon reveal an unbridgeable chasm. Add to the mix that Johnson, having served at every level of government in a career spanning four decades, very much liked being President and wanted to be elected in his own right in 1868, at the same time that a massive move was underway to make Grant the next president during that same election, and conflict and resentment between the two men became inevitable. In fact, competition between Johnson and Grant would soon evolved into a battle of personal destruction, one lasting well beyond their White House years and representing one of the most all-consuming and obsessive struggles between two presidents in U.S. history.

Author : Gloria Lucy Ciszewski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Controversy Between Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew Johnson written by Gloria Lucy Ciszewski and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ulysses S. Grant
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809314676
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 16 written by Ulysses S. Grant and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Josiah Bunting
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805069496
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ulysses S. Grant written by Josiah Bunting and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-09-08 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Brooks D. Simpson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469617463
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Us Have Peace written by Brooks D. Simpson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have traditionally drawn distinctions between Ulysses S. Grant's military and political careers. In Let Us Have Peace, Brooks Simpson questions such distinctions and offers a new understanding of this often enigmatic leader. He argues that during the 1860s Grant was both soldier and politician, for military and civil policy were inevitably intertwined during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. According to Simpson, Grant instinctively understood that war was 'politics by other means.' Moreover, he realized that civil wars presented special challenges: reconciliation, not conquest, was the Union's ultimate goal. And in peace, Grant sought to secure what had been won in war, stepping in to assume a more active role in policymaking when the intransigence of white Southerners and the obstructionist behavior of President Andrew Johnson threatened to spoil the fruits of Northern victory.

Author : Ulysses Simpson Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: January 1-September 30, 1867 written by Ulysses Simpson Grant and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered as Civil War commander and as president, documents included here demonstrate his importance in the intervening years. Grant interpreted Reconstruction as the means to preserve battlefield victories. He avoided taking a public stand in the bitter dispute between President Andrew Johnson and Congress because he believed that military men served the country, not partisan interests. Nevertheless, he recognized that presidential Reconstruction had failed and privately supported passage of the First Reconstruction Act. Grant's public silence on political issues led to lively newspaper speculation, and individuals from unreconstructed rebels to ardent Unionists wrote to him offering support and advice. Circumstances were forcing him inexorably onto the political battlefield.

Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307475158
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Saved the Union written by H. W. Brands and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War—a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House. • “[A] splendidly written biography ... Brands does justice to one of America’s most underrated presidents.” —Dallas Morning News Ulysses Grant emerges in this masterful biography as a genius in battle and a driven president to a divided country, who remained fearlessly on the side of right. He was a beloved commander in the field who made the sacrifices necessary to win the war, even in the face of criticism. He worked valiantly to protect the rights of freed men in the South. He allowed the American Indians to shape their own fate even as the realities of Manifest Destiny meant the end of their way of life. In this sweeping and majestic narrative, bestselling author H.W. Brands now reconsiders Grant's legacy and provides an intimate portrait of a heroic man who saved the Union on the battlefield and consolidated that victory as a resolute and principled political leader. Look for H.W. Brands's other biographies: THE FIRST AMERICAN (Benjamin Franklin), ANDREW JACKSON, TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.

Author : Jean Kinney Williams
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756502652
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ulysses S. Grant written by Jean Kinney Williams and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the man elected eighteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.

Author : Ulysses Simpson Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: October 1, 1867-June 30, 1868 written by Ulysses Simpson Grant and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of his public silence, Grant was caught in the dispute between Congress and President Andrew Johnson. His position became intolerable after Johnson publicly accused Grant of dishonesty. The same sense of duty that sent Grant to war in 1861 gave him no alternative to accepting the Republican nomination. "I could back down without, as it seems to me, leaving the contest for power for the next four years between mere trading politicians, the elevation of whom, no matter which party won, would lose to us, largely, the results of the costly war which we have gone through." From Washington, Grant monitored events in both the South and the West. He felt that military government could protect the citizenry when civil government faltered and endorsed the efforts of the congressional Indian Peace Commission.

Author : William August Crafts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life of Ulysses S. Grant written by William August Crafts and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: