Lincoln Finds A General Grants First Year In The West

Author : Kenneth Powers Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln Finds a General: Grant's first year in the West written by Kenneth Powers Williams and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A military study of the Civil War to Grant's appointment in 1864. Volumes planned to complete the study were still not started when the author died.

Author : Ron Chernow
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143110632
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grant written by Ron Chernow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had ended dismally, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in war, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign, and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Along the way, Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. Grant’s military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff members. More important, he sought freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him “the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race.” After his presidency, he was again brought low by a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, only to resuscitate his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs, which are recognized as a masterpiece of the genre. With lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Chernow finds the threads that bind these disparate stories together, shedding new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as “nothing heroic... and yet the greatest hero.” Chernow’s probing portrait of Grant's lifelong struggle with alcoholism transforms our understanding of the man at the deepest level. This is America's greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents. The definitive biography, Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grant's life, explaining how this simple Midwesterner could at once be so ordinary and so extraordinary. Named one of the best books of the year by Goodreads • Amazon • The New York Times • Newsday • BookPage • Barnes and Noble • Wall Street Journal

Author : Ulysses Simpson Grant
Publisher : New York, C. L. Webster & Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant ... written by Ulysses Simpson Grant and published by New York, C. L. Webster & Company. This book was released on 1885 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre.

Author : Kenneth Powers Williams
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803297937
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grant Rises in the West written by Kenneth Powers Williams and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulysses S. Grant was a store clerk in Galena, Illinois, in April 1861 when he answered President Lincoln’s call to fight for the Union. In The First Year, 1861–1862, Grant begins as a colonel of Illinois volunteers and moves into prominence after strategically important battles at Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson, and Shiloh.

Author : Richard L. Kiper
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873386364
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Major General John Alexander McClernand written by Richard L. Kiper and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sympathetic assessment of Major General John Alexander McClernand, a highly controversial individual who served his country as soldier and statesman. It sheds light on the Union command systems and the politics of war, as well as the personalities and relationships among senior officers.

Author : Russell Frank Weigley
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253337382
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Great Civil War written by Russell Frank Weigley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major new interpretation of the events which continue to dominate the American imagination and identity.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1130 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air University Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Army Combat Forces Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kevin Campbell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514431513
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Players Plans & Pawns written by Kevin Campbell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of inkwells have been emptied documenting the Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg. And while nearly all aspects of the campaign have been explored in one form or another, this work attempts to weave the tapestry of the campaign from the viewpoints, activities, and decisions of its participants. From men at the highest levels of command to those on the battle line, all would play a part in the drama which unfolded in Southern Pennsylvania. The persona, character, military bearing, and skill of those who fought the greatest battle ever to occur on the North American continent, would be forged not only during the war, but for some, many years prior to the conflict. This is the opening act of their story.

Author : James H Street
Publisher : eNet Press
ISBN 13 : 1618868691
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Struggle for Tennessee written by James H Street and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Lee's Army of Northern Virginia dueled the Army of the Potomac, other Union and Confederate armies were struggling for control of Tennessee. Using eyewitness testimony, profiles of key personalities, period photographs, illustrations and artifacts, and detailed battle maps, author James Street has written an outstanding account of this lesser known chapter of Civil War history. The struggle for Tennessee was a war of maneuvers that began in April 1862 and ended on January 1863 with the Stones River Campaign. Of the major battles of the Civil War, Stones River had the highest percentage of casualties on both sides. Although the battle itself was inconclusive, the Union Army's repulse of two Confederate attacks and the subsequent Confederate withdrawal were a much-needed boost to Union morale after the defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and it dashed Confederate aspirations for control of Middle Tennessee. The Struggle for Tennessee: Tupelo to Stones River is the second of the volumes in the Time-Life Civil War series, published in 1985, dealing with the Western Theater of the war after the Battle of Shiloh. All readers interested in the history of the Civil War will be captivated by this superbly written and carefully researched account. Because of the extensive use of illustrations, photographs, and maps, this book is unusually large and difficult to download. For that reason, we have divided it into five manageable chapters. Purchasing any one of these chapters entitles you to a code that will allow you to download all four of the other chapters for free. They are: --Chapter 1, Heyday for Raiders --Chapter 2, Stumbling toward Perryville --Chapter 3, Clash at Doctors Creek --Chapter 4, The Fight for "Hell's Half Acre" --Chapter 5, Across Stones River and Back