Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War (Civil War Collection)

Lincoln and Grant is an intimate dual-portrait of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant: their ordinary "Western" backgrounds, their early struggles to succeed, and their history-making relationship during the Civil War. Though generally remembered by history as two very different personalities, the soft-spoken Lincoln and often-crude Grant in fact shared a similar drive and determination, as this in-depth character study illustrates. Men Of The West -- The Mexican War: A Military And Political Training Ground -- The Tumultuous 1850s: Approach Of The Civil War -- Outbreak Of The Civil War -- Lincoln Protects Grant -- Emancipation And Military Use Of Former Slaves -- Grant Impresses Lincoln With Victory At Vicksburg -- Lincoln Calls On Grant To Save A Union Army -- Lincoln Elevates Grant To General-in-chief -- Grant Goes On The Offensive With Lincoln's Full Support -- Lincoln Wins Reelection With Grant's Full Support -- Lincoln And Grant Win The War -- Lincoln And Grant: The Winning Team. Edward H. Bonekemper, Iii. Original Edition C2012-- T.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 36t3-383) And Index. Ed Bonekemper is Book Review Editor of Civil War News and a former adjunct lecturer in military history at Muhlenberg College. He earned a B.A. cum laude in American history from Muhlenberg College, an M.A. in American history from Old Dominion University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. His prior Civil War books are Grant and Lee: Victorious American and Vanquished Virginian (Praeger/Greenwood, Westport, Connecticut and London, 2008) (reissued as e-book, 2010); McClellan and Failure: A Study of Civil War Fear, Incompetence and Worse (McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2007) (rei This is the first-ever book-length study of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant. It describes their similar ordinary "Western" backgrounds, their early struggles to succeed, and their pre-Civil War lives. Primarily, it traces their Civil War activities as President and rising general, respectively, and discusses how they develope