Ulysses S. Grant
Subtitle: a biography
By: Robert P. Broadwater
Series: Greenwood biographies
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313392559; 9780313392566
Subjects: United States; Generals; United States. Army; Biography; History
Description: "Ulysses S. Grant was responsible for orchestrating the activities of all the Union armies into a single strategy, providing the leadership that eventually doomed the Confederacy and brought about the end of the Civil War. This book documents how he did it"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Timeline : events in the life of Ulysses S. Grant; title: Ancestors, lineage, and early years; title: The school of the soldier; title: The war with Mexico; title: Return to civilian life; title: A call to arms; title: Operations in the west; title: Vicksburg and the opening of the Mississippi; title: Called to Chattanooga; title: General-in-Chief; title: A warrior to the end; title: Afterword.