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The best writings of Ulysses S. Grant /John F. Marszalek.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The world of Ulysses S. GrantPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (235 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780809334124
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E660 .B478 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The national conflict begins: "We are now in the midst of trying times" -- Grant's biggest mistake: "They are a curse to the army" -- Grant captures Vicksburg: "White flags will be displayed along your lines" -- Victories make Grant commanding general: "An army never was whipped as badly as Bragg was" -- The institution of never-ending war: "It is proposed to have co-operative action of all the armies" -- Lincoln is reelected: "Congratulate the president" -- Grant receives Lee's surrender: "The hopelessness of further resistance" -- Postwar commanding general: "I dread going back to washington" -- The military hero is nominated for president: "Let us have peace" -- Grant becomes president: "The choice has fallen upon me" -- Grant's first term: "An occupation uncongenial to me" -- The Panic of 1873 and other second-term problems: "Matters are worse in New York than yesterday" -- The Grants tour the world: "I have now been absent from home nearly two years" -- A charlatan bankrupts the ex-president: "Financially, the Grant family is ruined" -- Grant's death from cancer: "I am unable to converse even in a whisper."
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Ulysses S. Grant before the Civil War: "I have been quite unfortunate lately" -- The national conflict begins: "We are now in the midst of trying times" -- Grant's biggest mistake: "They are a curse to the army" -- Grant captures Vicksburg: "White flags will be displayed along your lines" -- Victories make Grant commanding general: "An army never was whipped as badly as Bragg was" -- The institution of never-ending war: "It is proposed to have co-operative action of all the armies" -- Lincoln is reelected: "Congratulate the president" -- Grant receives Lee's surrender: "The hopelessness of further resistance" -- Postwar commanding general: "I dread going back to washington" -- The military hero is nominated for president: "Let us have peace" -- Grant becomes president: "The choice has fallen upon me" -- Grant's first term: "An occupation uncongenial to me" -- The Panic of 1873 and other second-term problems: "Matters are worse in New York than yesterday" -- The Grants tour the world: "I have now been absent from home nearly two years" -- A charlatan bankrupts the ex-president: "Financially, the Grant family is ruined" -- Grant's death from cancer: "I am unable to converse even in a whisper."

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