Kamis, 07 April 2016

The Celebrity Soldier: Ulysses S. Grant

It took both military and political strategy to make Grant the darling of the Union. In November 1863, Ulysses S. Grant stood as the most successful Union general of the Civil War. “General Grant, out of a maze of tactics more wondrous than ever before puzzled the brains of observers afar off, has evolved a …

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