Ulysses S. Grant, 1861-1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military GreatnessMcFarland, 2014 M07 15 - 324 páginas On May 3, 1861, Illinois Governor Richard Yates appointed a Mexican War veteran with Democratic sympathies and southern ties to be chief mustering officer at Camp Yates in Springfield. And so began Ulysses S. Grant's reluctantly revived military career. Over the next three years, Grant would have a chance to display a myriad of talents few suspected, including a remarkable penchant for organization, decided skill at written communication and a quick understanding of military potential. By March 1864, Grant had risen to lieutenant general, a rank last held by George Washington. This biography details the three years which saw Ulysses S. Grant's extraordinary rise from mediocre shop clerk to general-in-chief of the U.S. Army. Beginning with Grant's work at his family's leather shop in Galena, Illinois, it records his re-entry into a military life as a volunteer from Illinois. Grant's most spectacular campaigns, including Vicksburg and Chattanooga, are discussed in depth. Special emphasis is placed on events such as politicking, rumors, and intrigue which took place between the various battles. Other topics include Grant's personal qualities and background, his extraordinary good fortune and the general's informal and unorthodox command style. The work is indexed. |
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... (Northern and Southern alike) argue that Grant succeeded merely because of his army's superior, overwhelming numbers and industrial support, an insensitive willingness to sacrifice life, ridiculously good luck, and the ineptitude of his ...
... Northern Virginia appeared indomitable after repelling yet another attempted, all-out Federal invasion at Chancellorsville. At nearly the same moment Chancellorsville was being fought, however, the turning point of the entire conflict ...
... Northern contemporaries: Grant's worst enemies were not Confederate combatants, but rather his own Federal colleagues. I further observe that modern historians, though most agree on Grant's greatness, tend to diverge considerably when ...
... Northern war e›ort had to be bipartisan, and Grant became an early beneficiary of this foresight. In addition to having a mother with strong Democratic sympathies— though not so his father, who was a Whig—Grant's wife Julia, to repeat ...
... Northern states, were virtually united in outrage. According to one source, Grant that very same day realized that his career as a soldier had been instantly reactivated: I thought I had done with soldiering. I never expected to be in ...
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Florida Missouri | 33 |
Brigadier General Grant | 40 |
Paducah Kentucky | 47 |
Calm Before the Storm | 54 |
The Most Anxious Period of the War | 127 |
Acoustic Shadow at Iuka | 132 |
The Battle of Corinth | 139 |
The First Vicksburg Campaign | 146 |
The Beginning of Total War | 153 |
The Second Vicksburg Campaign | 161 |
Steele Bayou Expedition | 175 |
Champion Hill | 190 |
Belmont Missouri | 61 |
Winter Quarters | 69 |
Cairo Dogs of War | 76 |
Fort Donelson | 83 |
Americas Most Wanted Man | 91 |
Shiloh | 98 |
Disgrace | 106 |
The Occupation of Memphis | 112 |
Reunited with Family | 119 |
MajorGeneral Grant | 210 |
New Orleans | 223 |
Missionary Ridge | 239 |
Celebrity in St Louis | 256 |
LieutenantGeneral Grant | 271 |
Notes | 285 |
Bibliography | 309 |
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Ulysses S. Grant, 1861-1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness William Farina Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Ulysses S. Grant, 1861-1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness William Farina Vista de fragmentos - 2007 |