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Ulysses S. Grant
Samuel Willard Crompton
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Description for Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S Grant is a puzzling figure in American history. The 18th president of the US had rampant corruption associated with his administration, but he was a decorated war hero famous for turning serious attacks by Confederate Army into victories for the Union and for implementing simultaneous attacks against the South that led to its surrender. Series: Leaders of the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 119 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs, chronology & timeline, sidebars, bibliography, f. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNJ; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 242 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 394.
Ulysses S. Grant is a puzzling figure in American history. The 18th president of the United States had rampant corruption associated with his administration, but he was a decorated war hero famous for turning serious attacks by the Confederate Army into victories for the Union and for implementing simultaneous attacks against the South that led to its surrender. He became a national figure overnight when he captured Forts Henry and Donelson and was given the nickname 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant after 12,000 Confederates surrendered under his harsh conditions of 'no terms except unconditional and immediate surrender'.After the war, Grant achieved the ... Read more
Ulysses S. Grant is a puzzling figure in American history. The 18th president of the United States had rampant corruption associated with his administration, but he was a decorated war hero famous for turning serious attacks by the Confederate Army into victories for the Union and for implementing simultaneous attacks against the South that led to its surrender. He became a national figure overnight when he captured Forts Henry and Donelson and was given the nickname 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant after 12,000 Confederates surrendered under his harsh conditions of 'no terms except unconditional and immediate surrender'.After the war, Grant achieved the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Condition
New
Series
Leaders of the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
119
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9781604133011
SKU
V9781604133011
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About Samuel Willard Crompton
Samuel Willard Crompton is a major contributor to the American National Biography and the Encyclopedia of American Lives. Crompton lives and works in the Berkshire Hills of his native western Massachusetts.
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