Ulysses S Grant by Bonekemper, Edward H. III -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Introduction Preface One - LIVING A TROUBLED LIFE Two - 1861: SEEKING A CHANCE TO FIGHT Three - WINTER 1862: CAPTURING FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON Four - SPRING 1862: SALVAGING A VICTORY AT SHILOH Five - 1862-1863: SURVIVING FRUSTRATION UPON FRUSTRATION

FIRST ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE VICKSBURG

Six - MAY-JULY 1863: VANQUISHING VICKSBURG

GRANT’S DIVERSIONS AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT MOVING INLAND: PORT GIBSON AND RAYMOND CAPTURING JACKSON, THE STATE CAPITAL CHAMPION’S HILL AND THE BIG BLACK RIVER ASSAULTING AND BESIEGING VICKSBURG CONFEDERATE SURRENDER LEGACY OF THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN

Seven - AUTUMN 1863: SAVING CHATTANOOGA

GRANT OPENS THE CRACKER LINE GRANT ORGANIZES A BREAKOUT THE LEGACY OF CHATTANOOGA AND GRANT’S WESTERN EXPERIENCES

Eight - EARLY 1864: PLANNING A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

GRANT TAKES CHARGE

Nine - SUMMER 1864: ATTACKING LEE’S ARMY

THE WILDERNESS: DAY ONE THE WILDERNESS: DAY TWO GRANT MOVES FORWARD SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE THE NORTH ANNA RIVER COLD HARBOR CROSSING THE JAMES RIVER

Ten - 1864-1865: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE Eleven - EARLY 1865: WINNING THE WAR

SHERMAN MARCHES THROUGH THE CAROLINAS UNION PROGRESS IN VIRGINIA DINWIDDIE COURT HOUSE AND FIVE FORKS BREAKTHROUGH AT PETERSBURG THE CHASE TO APPOMATTOX

Twelve - GRANT’S WINNING CHARACTERISTICS

GRANT VERSUS LEE OVERVIEW OF GRANT’S CAMPAIGNS GRANT’S WINNING CHARACTERISTICS A LOOK AT GRANT’S STATISTICS CONCLUSIONS

Appendix I - HISTORIANS’ TREATMENT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT Appendix II - CASUALTIES IN GRANT’S BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS Appendix III - THE CRITICAL ELECTION OF 1864: HOW CLOSE WAS IT? GRANT INSIDERS GRANT’S MAJOR OPPONENTS GRANT’S UNION HANDICAPS WARTIME VIEWS BIBLIOGRAPHY Acknowledgements NOTES INDEX About the Author Copyright Page