General Grant And The Verdict Of History

Author : Frank P Varney
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781611215540

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General Grant and the Verdict of History by Frank P Varney Pdf

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 Grant’s 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. Rosecrans’s 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 sources—the letters, journals, reports, and memoirs of other witnesses and the transcripts of courts-martial— to examine Grant’s story from a fresh perspective. The results are enlightening and more than a little disturbing.

Author : Frank P. Varney
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611211191

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General Grant and the Rewriting of History by Frank P. Varney Pdf

“[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

Author : Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611211610

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Grant's Last Battle by Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White Pdf

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.

Author : Nelson Cross
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1330164911

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Life of General Grant by Nelson Cross Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858029397597

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The Masonic Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781036101527

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Histories of War by Jeremy Black Pdf

A global account of histories of war, from Antiquity to the present day, this thoughtful book shows how the varied modes of representation record political, cultural and social developments as well as military events. Covers all forms of discussion and commemoration from statuary to scholarship, films to novels. Important not only to those interested in the history of war but also to those concerned with culture and history in general. This erudite volume on the theory and practice of military history will interest a wide readership including both professional historians of war and those concerned with its broader philosophical dimension. The author - a well established authority in European history - has provided an informed, rigorous analysis of a difficult topic. It will delight those who seek enlightenment of the historian's craft, military or otherwise.

Author : Hans G. Myers
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636241128

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The Lion of Round Top by Hans G. Myers Pdf

“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

Author : Sean Michael Chick
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611216387

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They Came Only to Die by Sean Michael Chick Pdf

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.

Author : New York (State) Chamber of Commerce of State of New York
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924093123671

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Report by New York (State) Chamber of Commerce of State of New York Pdf

Author : New York Chamber of Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : New York (State)
ISBN : UIUC:30112083416898

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Annual Report of the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce, of the State of New York, for the Year ... by New York Chamber of Commerce Pdf

Author : United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : American newspapers
ISBN : UOM:39015070222719

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Annals of Cleveland--1818-1935 by United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio) Pdf

Author : Mark Perry
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812966138

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Grant and Twain by Mark Perry Pdf

In the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. Over the next fifteen months, as the two men became close friends and intimate collaborators, Grant raced against the spread of cancer to compose a triumphant account of his life and times—while Twain struggled to complete and publish his greatest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.In this deeply moving and meticulously researched book, veteran writer Mark Perry reconstructs the heady months when Grant and Twain inspired and cajoled each other to create two quintessentially American masterpieces. In a bold and colorful narrative, Perry recounts the early careers of these two giants, traces their quest for fame and elusive fortunes, and then follows the series of events that brought them together as friends. The reason Grant let Twain talk him into writing his memoirs was simple: He was bankrupt and needed the money. Twain promised Grant princely returns in exchange for the right to edit and publish the book—and though the writer’s own finances were tottering, he kept his word to the general and his family. Mortally ill and battling debts, magazine editors, and a constant crush of reporters, Grant fought bravely to get the story of his life and his Civil War victories down on paper. Twain, meanwhile, staked all his hopes, both financial and literary, on the tale of a ragged boy and a runaway slave that he had been unable to finish for decades. As Perry delves into the story of the men’s deepening friendship and mutual influence, he arrives at the startling discovery of the true model for the character of Huckleberry Finn. With a cast of fascinating characters, including General William T. Sherman, William Dean Howells, William Henry Vanderbilt, and Abraham Lincoln, Perry’s narrative takes in the whole sweep of a glittering, unscrupulous age. A story of friendship and history, inspiration and desperation, genius and ruin, Grant and Twain captures a pivotal moment in the lives of two towering Americans and the age they epitomized.

Author : Alan M. Dershowitz
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 1061 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780759511033

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America on Trial by Alan M. Dershowitz Pdf

The renowned attorney and bestselling author reveals how notable trials throughout our history have helped to shape our nation. Offering insights into the human condition, these trials serve as a historical document, chronicling the struggles and passions of their time.

Author : L. T. Remlap
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Presidents
ISBN : UOM:39015003288381

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The Life of General U.S. Grant by L. T. Remlap Pdf

Author : Joel Tyler Headley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Generals
ISBN : BL:A0018658226

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Grant and Sherman; Their Campaigns and Generals by Joel Tyler Headley Pdf