Grant's Victory

How Ulysses S. Grant Won the Civil War

Bruce L. Brager

Two of the great themes of the Civil War are how Lincoln found his war-winning general in Ulysses Grant and how Grant finally defeated Lee. Grant’s Victory intertwines these two threads in a grand narrative that shows how Grant made the difference in the war. At Eastern theater battlefields from Bull Run to Gettysburg, Union commanders—whom Lincoln replaced after virtually every major battle—had struggled to best Lee, either suffering embarrassing defeat or failing to follow up success. Meanwhile, in the West, Grant had been refining his art of war at places like Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, and in early 1864, Lincoln made him general-in-chief. Arriving in the East almost deus ex machina, and immediately recognizing what his predecessors never could, Grant pressed Lee in nearly continuous battle for the next eleven months—a series of battles and sieges that ended at Appomattox.

Globe Pequot / Stackpole Books

Pages: 184 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-0-8117-3919-1 • Hardback • April 2020 • $27.95 • (£19.99)

978-0-8117-6911-2 • eBook • April 2020 • $26.50 • (£19.99)

Subjects: History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

Grant's Victory

How Ulysses S. Grant Won the Civil War

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Two of the great themes of the Civil War are how Lincoln found his war-winning general in Ulysses Grant and how Grant finally defeated Lee. Grant’s Victory intertwines these two threads in a grand narrative that shows how Grant made the difference in the war. At Eastern theater battlefields from Bull Run to Gettysburg, Union commanders—whom Lincoln replaced after virtually every major battle—had struggled to best Lee, either suffering embarrassing defeat or failing to follow up success. Meanwhile, in the West, Grant had been refining his art of war at places like Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, and in early 1864, Lincoln made him general-in-chief. Arriving in the East almost deus ex machina, and immediately recognizing what his predecessors never could, Grant pressed Lee in nearly continuous battle for the next eleven months—a series of battles and sieges that ended at Appomattox.

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Globe Pequot / Stackpole Books

Pages: 184 • Trim: 6½ x 9½

978-0-8117-3919-1 • Hardback • April 2020 • $27.95 • (£19.99)

978-0-8117-6911-2 • eBook • April 2020 • $26.50 • (£19.99)

Subjects: History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

Author

Bruce L. Brager, a graduate of George Washington University, is a writer who has ghostwritten dozens of books and published numerous titles under his own name, including There He Stands: The Story of Stonewall Jackson;Petersburg; and Monitor vs. Merrimack. He lives in New York City.

Grant's Victory

How Ulysses S. Grant Won the Civil War

Bruce L. Brager

Grant's Victory

How Ulysses S. Grant Won the Civil War

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