Fields, Curt Unconditional Surrender

Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant never thought he would ever have the chance to go to war, but when it was over, he commanded all the soldiers in the US Army. Along the way, he won impressive victories, learned valuable lessons, broke the back of the Confederacy, survived the intrigues of his immediate superior, and earned the respect and support of the president. Grant is my man, and I am his for the rest of the war! Abraham Lincoln exclaimed after the particularly important victory at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant came from humble beginnings on the Ohio River, made a name for himself as a military man near the mouth of that river where it flows into the Mississippi, and ultimately used the Father of Waters to divide the Confederacy. This success paved his way to Chattanooga, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, the long siege of Petersburg, and Appomattox Court House, where some of the most intense and notorious battles of the war took place. In less than three years, the unassuming and unremarkable colonel of a regiment of Illinois volunteers rose to become the highest-ranking officer in the army and the first permanent lieutenant general since George Washington. His ultimate victory paved the way for two terms in the White House a far cry from the small log cabin where he was born. His meteoric rise from obscurity made Ulysses S. Grant the epitome of irony. Modest. Unpretentious. Unwilling to back down. There is no turning back, he once declared in his famous speech. Unconditional Surrender allows readers to follow in Grant's footsteps with Dr. Curt Fields. This book summarises years of extensive research, providing an ideal introduction to the dusty man from the West who won the Civil War and saved the United States.