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Grant Takes Command 1863-1865

1969·556 pages·Nonfiction

Biography Historical Fiction

A detailed and intimate portrait of U. S. Grant from this historian reveals why Lincoln knew he was the one general who could win the war. This exhaustively researched biography gives us a new understanding of the man, the growing strength of his character, and the great war itself.

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Grant Takes Command 1863-1865

Year

1969

Pages

556

Type

Nonfiction

Biography Historical Fiction History & Politics

Description

A detailed and intimate portrait of U. S. Grant from this historian reveals why Lincoln knew he was the one general who could win the war. This exhaustively researched biography gives us a new understanding of the man, the growing strength of his character, and the great war itself.

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