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Item Details
Title:
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GRANT RISES IN THE WEST
FROM IUKA TO VICKSBURG, 1862-1863 |
By: |
Brooks D. Simpson, Kenneth P. Williams |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£20.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0803297947 |
ISBN 13: |
9780803297944 |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 June, 1997 |
Pages: |
624 |
Description: |
Ulysses S Grant was a store clerk in Galena, Illinois, in April 1861 when he answered President Lincoln's call to fight for the Union. In the first year, 1861-1862, Grant begins as a colonel of Illinois volunteers and moves into prominence after strategically important battles at Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson, and Shiloh. |
Synopsis: |
"Grant Rises in the West" "holds the reader ...[Williams's] own military career ...has given him knowledge tempered with charity and understanding for human weakness in the stress of battle."- "New York Times" Book Review. "[Williams] demonstrates a remarkable ability to make the most confused battle clear."-"Journal of American History". Ulysses S. Grant was a store clerk in Galena, Illinois, in April 1861 when he answered President Lincoln's call to fight for the Union. In The First Year, 1861-1862, Grant begins as a colonel of Illinois volunteers and moves into prominence after strategically important battles at Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson, and Shiloh. Kenneth P. Williams (1887-1958) taught in the Department of Mathematics at Indiana University, Blomington. Mark Grimsley is a professor of history at Ohio State University and the author of "The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865". |
Illustrations: |
Illus., maps |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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