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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... politicians resulted in the young Grant being admitted to the West Point Military Academy in 1839. Almost with a tone of regret, Grant near the end of his life maintained in his memoirs, “A military life had no charms for me,”5 and that ...
... political sympathies with the Democratic Party and was never a great advocate for the Republicans, even after entering the White House. Moreover, after defeating Confederates in the field, Grant often protected them. For example, former ...
... political views. In fact, Grant in his memoirs joked with some bitterness that in the southern Ohio of his youth “hostility to ... the liberation of slaves, was far more essential [for church membership] than a belief in the ...
... politics, Grant's father Jesse apparently disapproved of his daughter-in-law's slave-owning family and political outlook in general. The Dents and the Grants, like many other clans, were at odds amongst themselves over the great ...
... political purposes) of war veteran, family man, and Democrat. Grant concluded his account of this incident with, “I never went into our leather store after that meeting, to put up a package or do other business.”34 At the second Galena ...
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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 |