Grant Moves South

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Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Publisher's Note; Maps; 1. "Tomorrow I Move South"; 2. Assignment in Missouri; 3. Time of Preparation; 4. "You Looked Like Giants"; 5. General Halleck Takes Over; 6. Limited Objectives; 7. Between the Rivers; 8. Unconditional Surrender; 9. Aftermath of Victory; 10. "What Command Have I Now?"; 11. The Guns on the Bluff; 12. The Question of Surprise; 13. The Unpronounceable Man; 14. "To Be Terrible on the Enemy"; 15. Victory, and a New Plan; 16. Forrest, Van Dorn and McClernand; 17. A Noun Is the Name of a Thing; 18. Winter of Discontent.;A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's acclaimed Civil War history of the complex man and controversial Union commander whose battlefield brilliance ensured the downfall of the Confederacy. Preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton narrows his focus on commander Ulysses S. Grant, whose bold tactics and relentless dedication to the Union ultimately ensured a Northern victory in the nation's bloodiest conflict. While a succession of Union generals-from McClellan to Burnside to Hooker to Meade-were losing battles and sacrificing troops due to ego, egregious errors, and incompetence, an unassuming Federal Army commander was excelling in the Western theater of operations. Though unskilled in military power politics and disregarded by his peers, Colonel Grant, commander of the Twenty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was proving to be an unstoppable force. He won victory after victory at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson, while brilliantly avoiding near-catastrophe and ultimately triumphing at Shiloh. And Grant's bold maneuvers at Vicksburg would cost the Confederacy its invaluable lifeline: the Mississippi River. But destiny and President Lincoln had even loftier plans for Grant, placing nothing less than the future of an entire nation in the capable hands of the North's most valuable military leader. Based in large part on military communiques, personal eyewitness accounts, and Grant's own writings, Catton's extraordinary history offers readers an insightful look at arguably the most innovative Civil War battlefield strategist, unmatched by even the South's legendary Robert E. Lee. Cover Page Title Page Dedication Contents Publisher's Note Maps 1. "Tomorrow I Move South" 2. Assignment in Missouri 3. Time of Preparation 4. "You Looked Like Giants" 5. General Halleck Takes Over 6. Limited Objectives 7. Between the Rivers 8. Unconditional Surrender 9. Aftermath of Victory 10. "What Command Have I Now?" 11. The Guns on the Bluff 12. The Question of Surprise 13. The Unpronounceable Man 14. "To Be Terrible on the Enemy" 15. Victory, and a New Plan 16. Forrest, Van Dorn and McClernand 17. A Noun Is the Name of a Thing 18. Winter of Discontent. 19. The Man on the River20. An End to Worry 21. "Hardtack! Hardtack!" 22. The Core of Iron 23. Sling the Knapsack for New Fields Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author Copyright Page.