He earned his lowest marks in French. Badeau, Adam. Applying lessons that he'd learned from his commanders during the Mexican-American War, Grant saw that the regiment was combat-ready by September 1861.Grant didn't excel at West Point, earning average grades and receiving several demerits for slovenly dress and tardiness, and ultimately decided that the academy "had no charms" for him. Soon, Grant began courting Julia Dent, Fred's sister. A review in Publishers Weekly praised the book, calling it comprehensive and very readable:Flood also served as the President of PEN America Center and served on the governing bodies of the Authors League and the Authors Guild.Furthermore, Chernow argues that the accusation that Grant was a “butcher” of his troops is ironic considering that he hated the sight of blood, detested violence and refused to romanticize warfare.“The unputdownable heart of Grant’s book is his eyewitness account of the vicissitudes of the American civil war: the outbreak of hostilities; the battle of Shiloh; the campaign against Vicksburg; the battle of Chattanooga; Sherman’s March; Lincoln’s assassination; and Lee’s surrender. Ulysses moved with his family to Missouri, and began to farm land given to him by Julia's father. A worthy contribution to the Civil War literature.”In the book’s prologue, Flood argues that prior to the war, the two men were both “failures” but they finally found their stride once they were united:In addition, Publishers Weekly referred to it as “The definitive biography for the foreseeable future.”The book is a follow up to Lloyd Lewis’s book Captain Sam Grant, which was intended to be a trilogy about Grant but Lewis died shortly after writing the first book so Catton was asked by the publisher to finish the remaining two books.The book was commissioned and published by Mark Twain and was written as Grant was dying of throat cancer, which almost prevented him from finishing it, according to Grant in the book’s preface:White argues, in the book’s preface, that Grant’s reputation has been dismantled over the years by Lost Cause supporters who have tried to paint him in a negative light in order to boost the reputation of Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy:Published in 1969, this book by Bruce Catton is part two of a two-part biography of Ulysses S. Grant. The common thread is strength of character – an indomitable will that never flagged in the face of adversity.”With all the new books on Grant is hard to know where to start. This experience, he said, was of great value to him, because he became acquainted with nearly all the officers of the regular army. But before they could marry, Ulysses went off to war for the first time.Born April 27, 1822, Hiram Ulysses Grant, as he was named, grew up in Georgetown, Ohio. In February 1862 Grant advanced into Tennessee. Waugh convincingly interprets Grant as ‘symboliz[ing] both the hopes and the lost dreams’ of the Civil War.”“Brands is essentially a storyteller, and a good one. Most Americans indisputably are ignorant of the extent of the once-powerful national legacy of Ulysses S. Grant. . His capture of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863, after a drawn-out siege, broke the Confederate stranglehold on the Mississippi. His evolution as a soldier and leader is traced in an interesting and effective manner.”White argues that Grant is grossly underestimated and that he was an “exceptional person and leader” who was celebrated during his lifetime as the one of three great leaders of the nation, next to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.Joan Waugh is a history professor at UCLA. Grant received 214 electoral votes as against 80 for the Democratic candidate, Horatio Seymour.
Brands covers the life of Ulysses S. Grant from his childhood to his death in 1885.Although Grant was very popular during his lifetime, his reputation took a hit after the various scandals of his presidency and his popularity continued to decline due to constant attacks from Lost Cause supporters, leading to a lack of interest in books about him.This book chronicles Grant’s development as a military leader and follows him from his initial enlistment in June of 1861 to the fall of Vicksburg in July of 1863.Smith goes on to say that although many biographers see Grant as a failed politician, Smith argues that Grant is actually a greatly underrated president and the same strength and courage that helped him on the battlefield also served him well in the White House, leading him to become the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve two terms and helping him guide the nation through the post-Civil War era of Reconstruction.Catton also served as the editor of American Heritage Magazine from 1954-1959 and served as senior editor from 1959 until his death in 1978.Janet Maslin reviewed the book for the New York Times and described it as “vast and panoramic in ways that history buffs will love.
Grant lost money in business ventures. 'Grant began selling short magazine articles about his life and then negotiated a contract with a friend, famed novelist Twain, to publish his memoirs. . On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered his army, marking the end of the Civil War. Well-respected historian H.W.