In this magnificent biography, Jean Edward Smith skillfully reconciles the disparate, conflicting assessments of Ulysses S. Grant, confirming his genius as a general, but convincingly showing that Grant's presidential accomplishments were as considerable as his military victories. 40 photos.
In this magnificent biography, Jean Edward Smith skillfully reconciles the disparate, conflicting assessments of Ulysses S. Grant, confirming his genius as a general, but convincingly showing that Grant's presidential accomplishments were as considerable as his military victories. 40 photos.
Jean Edward Smith taught at the University of Toronto for thirty-five years, and at Marshall University for twelve. He was also a visiting scholar at Columbia, Princeton, and Georgetown. He is the author of Bush, a biography of the 43rd president; Eisenhower in War and Peace; FDR, winner of the 2008 Francis Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians; Grant, a 2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist; John Marshall: Definer of a Nation; and The Liberation of Paris.
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Contents Preface ONE The Early Years TWO Mexico THREE Resignation FOUR War FIVE "Unconditional Surrender" SIX Shiloh SEVEN Vicksburg EIGHT Chattanooga NINE General in Chief TEN The Wilderness ELEVEN Grant and Lee TWELVE Appomattox THIRTEEN Reconstruction FOURTEEN Let Us Have Peace FIFTEEN Grant in the White House SIXTEEN Diplomacy SEVENTEEN Great White Father EIGHTEEN Reconstruction Revisited NINETEEN The Gilded Age TWENTY Taps Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Contents Preface ONE The Early Years TWO Mexico THREE Resignation FOUR War FIVE "Unconditional Surrender" SIX Shiloh SEVEN Vicksburg EIGHT Chattanooga NINE General in Chief TEN The Wilderness ELEVEN Grant and Lee TWELVE Appomattox THIRTEEN Reconstruction FOURTEEN Let Us Have Peace FIFTEEN Grant in the White House SIXTEEN Diplomacy SEVENTEEN Great White Father EIGHTEEN Reconstruction Revisited NINETEEN The Gilded Age TWENTY Taps Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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