Grant: Journal Notebook Dedicated to the life of Ulysses S. Grant, American Civil War Hero & the 18th President of the USA. Ruled Lined Journal Notebook For Writing, Note Taking, Ideas & Doodling. Non-Spiral Bound - Durable Matte Cover to protect your book 100 pages - Ruled Line Format. Measures 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm). Designed in USA.
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...
Much more than a book on military strat-egy, this innovative volume examines the decision-making process that enabled Grant both to excel as an unquestioned commander and to win.
Traces the life and presidency of Ulyssses S. Grant and discusses why he was undervalued as a president.
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.
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 .
Not since Bruce Catton has there been such an absorbing and exciting biography of Ulysses S. Grant. “Grant is a mystery to me,” said William Tecumseh Sherman, “and I believe he is a mystery to himself.” Geoffrey Perret’s account ...
Thomas, Lorenzo, iso, 207,258, 259,290, 456 Thompson, Jeff “Swamp Fox,” 159,168 Thompson, Seymour D., 244 Thornton, ... George, 7 Tod, Sally, 7 Todd's Tavern, Virginia, 334 Tom (horse), 125 Torrejón, Anastasio, 70 Tourgée, Albion W., ...
This is America's greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents.
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.