General Grant And The Verdict Of History
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General Grant And The Verdict Of History
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Author : Frank P Varney
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2023-03-10
General Grant And The Verdict Of History written by Frank P Varney and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit at the expense of other men? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly at his hands? General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War explores these issues. Professor Frank P. Varney examines Grants relationship with three noted Civil War generals: the brash and uncompromising Fighting Joe Hooker; George H. Thomas, the stellar commander who earned the sobriquet Rock of Chickamauga; and Gouverneur Kemble Warren, who served honorably and well in every major action of the Army of the Potomac before being relieved less than two weeks before Appomattox, and only after he had played a prominent part in the major Union victory at Five Forks. In his earlier book General Grant and the Rewriting of History, Dr. Varney studied the tempestuous relationship between Grant and Union General William S. Rosecrans. During the war, Rosecrans was considered by many of his contemporaries to be on par with Grant himself; today, he is largely forgotten. Rosecranss star dimmed, argues Varney, because Grant orchestrated the effort. Unbeknownst to most students of the war, Grant used his official reports, interviews with the press, and his memoirs to influence how future generations would remember the war and his part in it. Aided greatly by his two terms as president, by the clarity and eloquence of his memoirs, and in particular by the dramatic backdrop against which those memoirs were written, our historical memory has been influenced to a degree greater than many realize. It is beyond time to return to the original sourcesthe letters, journals, reports, and memoirs of other witnesses and the transcripts of courts-martial to examine Grants story from a fresh perspective. The results are enlightening and more than a little disturbing.
General Grant And The Rewriting Of History
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Author : Frank P. Varney
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2013-07-19
General Grant And The Rewriting Of History written by Frank P. Varney and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-19 with History categories.
“[A] marvelously bold new book . . . Grant was The Man Who Saved the Union. Varney’s invaluable book helps us understand why we remember him that way” (Emerging Civil War). In 1885, a former president of the United States published one of the most influential books ever written about the Civil War. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant may be superbly written, Frank P. Varney persuasively argues in General Grant and the Rewriting of History, but is so riddled with flaws as to be unreliable. Juxtaposing primary source documents (some of them published here for the first time) against Grant’s own pen and other sources, Professor Varney sheds new light on what really happened on some of the Civil War’s most important battlefields. He does so by focusing much of his work on Grant’s treatment of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, a capable army commander whose reputation Grant (and others working with him) conspired to destroy. Grant’s memoirs contain not only misstatements but outright inventions to manipulate the historical record. But Grant’s injustices go much deeper. He submitted decidedly biased reports, falsified official documents, and even perjured himself before an army court of inquiry. There is also strong evidence that his often-discussed drinking problem affected the outcome of at least one battle. The first of two volumes on this subject, General Grant and the Rewriting of History aptly demonstrates that blindly accepting historical “truths” without vigorous challenge is a perilous path to understanding real history. “An invaluable addition to Civil War Studies and reference shelves . . . and a sharp caution against putting too much blind faith in any one person’s testimony, memoir, or historical accounting. Highly Recommended.” —Midwest Book Review
Life Of General Grant
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Author : Nelson Cross
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-25
Life Of General Grant written by Nelson Cross and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Reference categories.
Excerpt from Life of General Grant: His Political Record, Etc It is no part of the design of the present work to enter upon anything like a complete biography of the official head of the Republic, nor indeed to make any further allusion to those remarkable events connected with his personal history, which preceded his engaging in political affairs, than may be found necessary or expedient for the proper elucidation of the subject in hand. The story of his youth and maturer manhood, has been rescued from the common-place by a number of discreet and ingenious biographers, whose productions, based upon the same general facts and tending to a single object, have had the effect to popularize and in some measure apotheosize one whose later life has attracted such an unusual share of public attention. But as regards the prominent leadership which fell to him in the late unhappy contest of our civil war, General Grant is his own biographer, and his chronicles are to be found in the record of battles won. Neither detraction nor flattery can have the effect to depress or heighten the proud eminence which as a soldier ne there achieved; for whenever and by whomsoever the story of the great rebellion shall be told, General Grant will continue to be idealized as the central figure in an assembly of heroes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Grant S Last Battle
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Author : Chris Mackowski
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2015-07-19
Grant S Last Battle written by Chris Mackowski and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-19 with History categories.
The remarkable story of how one of America’s greatest military heroes became a literary legend. The former general in chief of the Union armies during the Civil War . . . the two-term president of the United States . . . the beloved ambassador of American goodwill around the globe . . . the respected New York financier—Ulysses S. Grant—was dying. The hardscrabble man who regularly smoked twenty cigars a day had developed terminal throat cancer. Thus began Grant’s final battle—a race against his own failing health to complete his personal memoirs in an attempt to secure his family’s financial security. But the project evolved into something far more: an effort to secure the very meaning of the Civil War itself and how it would be remembered. In this maelstrom of woe, Grant refused to surrender. Putting pen to paper, the hero of Appomattox embarked on his final campaign: an effort to write his memoirs before he died. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant would cement his place as not only one of America’s greatest heroes but also as one of its most sublime literary voices. Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have recounted Grant’s battlefield exploits as historians at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, and Mackowski, as an academic, has studied Grant’s literary career. Their familiarity with the former president as a general and as a writer bring Grant’s Last Battle to life with new insight, told with the engaging prose that has become the hallmark of the Emerging Civil War Series.
The Masonic Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
The Masonic Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
The Life Of General U S Grant
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Author : Loomis T. Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-09-12
The Life Of General U S Grant written by Loomis T. Palmer and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-12 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Life of General U. S, Grant: His Early Life, Military Achievements, and History of His Civil Administration, His Sickness Together With His Tour Around the World, Containing His Speches, Receptions, and Description of His Travels The editor of the San Francisco C/zrom'cle truly voices the sentiment of all Americans when he said: It was but fitting that he should be crowned with such honors as have never been bestowed by foreign nations upon any Citizen of the United States, and become the recipient of such tokens of confidence and enthusiastic affection as have never been exhib ited by Americans to any citizen. For when this generation shall have passed away, when the fierce passions engendered by a bitter strife shall have been tranquilized, the voices of prejudice and calumny that have been so loud against his great name will be hushed forever, and the verdict of impartial his tory will be that, since the foundation of our gov ernment, no American, however bright the halo that time has cast around his memory, has deserved better of his country than Ulysses S. Grant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Lion Of Round Top
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Author : Hans G. Myers
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2022-05-11
The Lion Of Round Top written by Hans G. Myers and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-11 with History categories.
“This military biography clearly and informatively rescues from an undeserved obscurity one of the Union’s key commanders at the battle of Gettysburg.” —Midwest Book Review Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendent of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left flank on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg: presenting his life story using new, never-before-published sources and archival material to bring the story of one of the most forgotten officers of the American Civil War back to the attention of readers and historians. “This is a well-researched and well-written book, and the author makes a strong case for Colonel Vincent’s essential role in the union victory at Gettysburg.” —The Journal of America’s Military Past “Erie, Pennsylvania historian Hans G. Myers brings to life an overlooked Gettysburg hero . . . a good, well-researched biography certainly worth the read.” —Maine at War “Readers of battle history, in particular the voluminous literature on Gettysburg, will find interest in both the short life of Strong Vincent and the hereto unheralded role his decisions played in saving the Federal left flank at Little Round Top.” —Journal of MilitaryHistory
They Came Only To Die
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Author : Sean Michael Chick
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2023-05-05
They Came Only To Die written by Sean Michael Chick and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-05 with History categories.
The November 1864 battle of Franklin left the Army of Tennessee stunned. In only a few hours, the army lost 6,000 men and a score of generals. Rather than pause, John Bell Hood marched his army north to Nashville. He had risked everything on a successful campaign and saw his offensive as the Confederacy’s last hope. There was no time to mourn. There was no question of attacking Nashville. Too many Federals occupied too many strong positions. But Hood knew he could force them to attack him and, in doing so, he could win a defensive victory that might rescue the Confederacy from the chasm of collapse. Unfortunately for Hood, he faced George Thomas. He was one of the Union’s best commanders, and he had planned and prepared his forces. But with battle imminent, the ground iced over, Thomas had to wait. An impatient Ulysses S. Grant nearly sacked him, but on December 15-16, Thomas struck and routed Hood’s army. He then chased him out of Tennessee and into Mississippi in a grueling winter campaign. After Nashville, the Army of Tennessee was never again a major fighting force. Combined with William Tecumseh Sherman’s march through Georgia and the Carolinas and Grant’s capture of Petersburg and Richmond, Nashville was the first peal in the long death knell of the Confederate States of America. In They Came Only to Die: The Battle of Nashville, historian Sean Michael Chick offers a fast-paced, well analyzed narrative of John Bell Hood’s final campaign, complete with the most accurate maps yet made of this crucial battle.
Report
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Author : New York (State) Chamber of Commerce of State of New York
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Report written by New York (State) Chamber of Commerce of State of New York and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with categories.
Annual Report Of The Corporation Of The Chamber Of Commerce Of The State Of New York For The Year
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Author : New York Chamber of Commerce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Annual Report Of The Corporation Of The Chamber Of Commerce Of The State Of New York For The Year written by New York Chamber of Commerce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with New York (State) categories.