Examines the life and career of Ulysses S. Grant, including his education at West Point, his service as commander of all Union troops, and his time as president of the United States.
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...
A biography of the man elected eighteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
Traces the life and presidency of Ulyssses S. Grant and discusses why he was undervalued as a president.
Halleck to McClellan, Feb. 19, 1862, Official Records, 1:7:637. 167 “This operator afterwards proved". Memoirs, 219. 168 “Why do you not obey my orders... at Fort Henry”: from Halleck, March 4, 1862, Official Records, 1:10(2):3.
In sum, this book is a long overdue re-evaluation of a pivotal presidency in America's political history.
In Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity 1822–1865, historian Brooks D. Simpson takes neither approach, recognizing Grant as a complex and human figure with human faults, strengths, and motivations.
Ulysses S. Grant: His Life and Character
Another famous man whom Grant served with in Mexico was Winfield Scott . Scott would become the commander of Union forces in the early days of the Civil War . Grant looked up to Scott as an extraordinary and highly skilled leader .
Grant's mail included a steady trickle of anonymous threats. In late January 1877, Grant signed a bill creating an electoral commission to end the dispute. Hayes won all disputed electors and succeeded Grant without incident.
A biography of the commander of the Union forces in the Civil War who became the eighteenth president of the United States.