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02566aam a2200397 i 4500 001 A54F98F4A55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 003 SILO 005 20200603010033 008 191007s2020 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019045631 020 $a 0811739198 020 $a 9780811739191 035 $a (OCoLC)1123184560 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d OCL $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E470 B795 2020 100 1 $a Brager, Bruce L., $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Grant's victory : $b how Ulysses S. Grant won the Civil War / $c Bruce L. Brager. 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Stackpole Books, $c [2020] 300 $a ix, 167 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Two of the great themes of the Civil War are how Lincoln found his war-winning general in Ulysses Grant and how Grant finally defeated Lee. Grant's Victory intertwines these two threads in a grand narrative that shows how Grant made the difference in the war. At Eastern theater battlefields from Bull Run to Gettysburg, Union commanders-whom Lincoln replaced after virtually every major battle-had struggled to best Lee, either suffering embarrassing defeat or failing to follow up success. Meanwhile, in the West, Grant had been refining his art of war at places like Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, and in early 1864, Lincoln made him general-in-chief. Arriving in the East almost deus ex machina, and immediately recognizing what his predecessors never could, Grant pressed Lee in nearly continuous battle for the next eleven months-a series of battles and sieges that ended at Appomattox"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Grant, Ulysses S. $q (Ulysses Simpson), $d 1822-1885 $x Military leadership. 651 0 $a United States $x Campaigns. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Campaigns. 650 0 $a Command of troops $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Strategy $x History $y 19th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $v Biography. 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 600 17 $a Grant, Ulysses S. $q (Ulysses Simpson), $d 1822-1885. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00061535 610 17 $a United States. $b Army $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533532 776 08 $i Online version: $a Brager, Bruce L., 1949- $t Grant's victory. $d Lanham : Stackpole Books, 2020. $z 9780811769112 $w (DLC) 2019045632 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103021624.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A54F98F4A55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search