Grant Rises in the West

Grant Rises in the West PDF Author: Kenneth Powers Williams
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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Book 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.