Ulysses S. Grant - Civil War General & President Documentary
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Ron chernows 📖 on Grant was excellent 👍 id recommend
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“Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness of war, and I have never advocated it, expect a means of peace”
Ulysses S. Grant
Yup, U.S. Grant's the epitome of the American citizen soldier, like Lee, Sherman, Longstreet, Nimitz, Eisenhower, and Washington and all the rest of the greatest military leadership in history. Our military was a dream experiment, never been seen, witnessed nor tried before because American armed forces has, had and never will have a born and entitled military nobility to fill our power positions, that are filled only by the best and the brightest in each position, an experiment that showed peoples' principles could field an army and navy, and government, alone; first developed and tested here, since 1776. Volunteer armed service, THE first in history. People power personified - USA.
Grant is like a weird combination of Captain America and Iron Man. (especially with all the alcohol.)
@@forickgrimaldus8301 Yup. I think the alcohol served both to anesthetize and tranquilize (chemical transcendence, if you will allow the term) as necessary, at will, allowing Grant to wage otherwise maddening NEW modern warfare without the unpredictable distractions, less reliability and control of sole reliance upon traditional and usual, but less available and reliable psychological/spiritual transcendence of religion to cope, endure and remain focused, avoid panic and in emotional control with the extraordinary pressure, stress, depression, anxiety, etc. of his circumstances and environment. Thus, alcohol, "spirits" was an asset of civilization he put to good use, not abuse.
YES..... let us keep some perspective. The side that branded Grant a failure historically , are made up by the descendants that now call Trump, the greatest President that ever lived.......it speaks for its'self....lol
Minor corrections: "...any sort of fondness for war..." and"...except as a means of peace."
I have done a lot of reading on both the Civil War and on President US Grant, The thing that is always brought up is his "Alcoholism" but the people who knew him would always say that they never say him drunk or even drinking excessively, What he would do is occasionally "tie one on" when he is separated from his family, whom he adored and in times of deep melancholy due to that separation. That is why in later years during the war at least one of his kids would almost always be with him so he wouldn't feel lonely. As far as the corruption is concerned US Grant was probably one of the most honest men who ever lived and he was so honest that it was foreign to him that anyone could be dishonest therefore he could not see it in others and that allowed them to take advantage of him. A great man, a great general and a great president.
"To Rescue the Republic" by
Bert Baier
He suffered from migraine headaches and alcohol may have been the only relief he had.
@@rogersmith7396 Yeah, sure
Churchill was a great man and also an alcoholic. He drank all day and continued til he died.
What does Churchill have to do with Grant? Grant was not an alcoholic and the only time he ever tied one on was when he was separated from his family and he got depressed. Alcoholics have to have alcohol all the time not just on certain occasions. @@jazznoteblue5393
In Ron Chernow’s Grant biography, “The stereotype of Grant as a flop at West Point is misleading.” Chernow adds, “When Grant graduated in June1843, his rank was middling, not miserable: 21st in a class of 39. If one includes the many cadets who had already dropped out, Grant stood out in the top quarter of candidates who set out on the 4-year marathon.” Also, “The academy suffered such a heavy rate that, a year after Grant entered, his class was whittled down from 82 to 49 members. “
Grant is my hero. I admire him greatly.
I think he gets treated very unfairly by people who have a a very eastern theater centric view of the American civil war, grant proved in the western theater that he was an absolute beast of a general and Lincoln would never have made him general in chief if he wasn't, the problem people have with him was that he is what I call a strategy focused general he viewed the war in a big picture way not that no one else did, but he understood how to most effectively bring his superior numbers and resources against his enemies, which meant relentless attack and dogged defense, which got many soldiers killed, he was by no means callous about it, but he understood that it was necessary to bring the war to a swift end
Ron chernow makes many mistakes.. if you want a true historical account… please read a true historical account. Read Brooke Simpson books
And he was by far the best horseman in his class and perhaps the entire Academy. Had he been able to join the Cavalry a lot of his early problems would have never come to fruition.
All the worst negative stuff written or claimed about him is harped on by his haters- confederate apologists.
An amazing man; patriot, loving father/husband, fantastic General, and true friend to those who were close to him
May his soul rest in peace
Grant was called a butcher, but he never lost as many casualties in one day as Lee lost at Antietam, nor did he ever lose as many casualties over a span of 3 days as Lee lost at Gettysburg.
The real butcher was Sherman and his march to the sea.
At Cold Harbor Grant lost 8 K in 8 minutes, still a world record. Northern papers called him "The Butcher." Then there was his buddy Sherman...
Lincoln Said Can't Spare Grant He Fights
What about Fort Sumter?
@@Cynfulbrew82. No he wasn’t. He destroyed property, not humans.
¨Unconditional Surrender¨ Grant
"No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted."
One the finest Americans that ever lived.
Such a shame we allowed “lost causers” to tarnish this man’s reputation, luckily in the last few years he’s popularity has increase whether anyone likes it or not Grant was and is still a amazing general and president.
And a very humble human being
Exactly thank you for saying that
I studied Grant for 15 years. Straight! Read every book on him you can buy and then read them at least 5 times each. I also read every book, of every General that came into contact with Grant during and after the war. This is what I came away with. Keep in mind I dedicated all this time because I liked him, I liked his story and I didn’t like the back stabbing lies that followed him throughout the war, by jealous incompetent generals that were ranked above him. First, Grant wasn’t a regular drinker. So when he did drink during the war, which was very rare. He got drunk fast. So to an outsider, he could appear to be a heavy drinker. That was the number one thing that bothered me. People thinking he was a drunk, when in reality he barely touched the stuff. The only thing that I discovered in my readings and research into Grant that bothered me, was his loyalty to Sherman, who was not a very good general and his behind the scenes backstabbing of general George Thomas. Who was indeed the greatest general in the Civil War on both sides. If you wanna know this great man’s story read, Master of War by Benson Bobrick. After you read this, your views on Grant will change a little.
Grant had herpes
Not just Lost Cause, a lot of Radical Republicans were never pleased and disliked him,and moderates blamed the corruption of the era (that he largely inherited) on him. Everyone gave Grant worse than he should have, arguably he is one of the greatest Americans who ever lived and hopefully one day public sentiment from all spheres will come to see and appreciate that. I wish I was half the man Grant was.
The more I learn of Ulysses S Grant, the more I am admiring this man. Grant was the true hero of the Civil War not Lee. Grant saved the Union and ended slavery while Lee fought to destroy the nation and preserve slavery.
Lincoln appointed Lee to command the slave states. He didnt like skavery but he said if the south started a war against his state he woukd defend it. I am a fan of his also
Lee is loyal to his home state. Unfortunately, Virgina went South.
The negative attitude towards Grant began when the, so-called, Lost Cause myth started gaining support. The lies of the myth was where Grant the butcher lies were really spread.
In context I dont mind him..but Cold Harbour and a couple of other battles were slaughter houses
Grant was a man of his time like any other; oh...and by the way, Grant was a slave owner. Look it up.
@@nuancolar7304 he did own a slave given to him by his father in law. Grant freed him
Grants' father was an extreme abolitionist and Grant did give one slave his freedom...@@nuancolar7304
@@TheRennDawgnot only freed him, but did so when he was suffering financially, when he could easily have sold him to ease his finances.
Clearly U.S. Grant was a far better POTUS than "historians" have portrayed him. He was less of a "drunk" than a man that merely couldn't handle any amount of alcohol at all. Honest, hard working, and competent, he was one of the best Generals and Presidents we have ever produced.
Motivation
Yes, after 3 or 4 pints a day, he simply couldn't handle any more.
I love Grant honestly. So much respect for the man.
A great American. We owe so much to him. And for all of his foils.
he was human after all. I only wish some of our present political leaders would show a tiny bit of his character and integrity.
Well, we're going to need someone just like him pretty soon, unless events make an unexpected course change... The Republic is in danger of collapse...
yeah you yankees owe him a lot just a communist
Ulysses S. Grant has been commemorated on United States money such as the $50 bill, the 1922 gold $1 coin, the 1922 silver half dollar coin, and the 2011 presidential $1 brass coin.
And he was posthumously promoted fairly recently (as of this date) to General of the Armies, which is pretty neat and well deserved.
Highly underrated on both accounts. I believe he's in the top 10 of US presidents and top 3 of US generals.. Great video of a great man 👏
Considering Reconstruction and post war growth both economically and westword it was a very difficult time to be President with problems that had never existed before. That is one of the reasons he was so vasty underated as President.
The whole presidential ranking business seems like comparing musicians or athletes of different eras: each president has had to face unique problems. I have favorite presidents, but comparing Washington to Lincoln to Grant is a bit like comparing Jackie Robinson to Hank Aaron to Ken Griffey, Jr.: all great players in different ways.
He is considered a lousy President. Lower 10.
he should be remembered for his life, not just his role in the US Civil War
And President Grant went to the greatest pains to MAKE SURE his story was available - and it's a good read too. Mark Twain helped him with it, like a caregiver son for his dying father, as did other American luminaries of the time who loved him dearly for saving the nation itself AND they knew it! His ostentatious tomb in New York is testament itself to deep, personal, national love and grief upon his death too.
@@jeffwalther3935 thanks for the information, I will have to explore this American treasure further
@@cesareborgia7689 Talk about American treasure-trove about the civil war!! Read Ambrose Bierce's fictional accounts about the war and days and times then. As historically accurate, yet fictional, as any body of work can be - priceless, peerless American treasure.
Bierce enlisted in 1861 at 19 and subsequently went through many of the worst battles to rise to be a topographical staff officer by the end; five years carrying his rifle. Then Bierce alone went back to many or most of those same battle sites and campsites and wrote in detail that'll put you right there, like nothing else I've ever read. I think too he told all the best soldiers stories that came out of the civil war that I know about AND they are all masterpiece quality written because that was his trademark standard. He was a consummate literary artist in that respect. You'll see what I mean after just a few of hundreds of ALL GOOD stories.
Ambrose Bierce is "The Old Gringo" played by Gregory Peck in the titular role, (his Mexican nickname) as his glowing, salutary role with Jane Fonda. The story is about his last, lost, lonely disappearance and presumed death in 1913, in his '70's during the Mexican civil war when General Pershing was sent to stop Pancho Villa's over-the-border, hit and run raiding. Read Twain, Grant, Bierce and the 19th century American authors who, surprisingly, wrote timelessly without knowing it, for us too.
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But in Grant's autobiography, over 98% covers his military experience. He hardly mentions anything else. He doesn't even mention being president! It's like he wanted to only be remembered for his military service (to be fair, he covers his time in the Mexican war a lot, not just the Civil War)
I am from Peru and have only studied about the great war and ww2, now that I moved to America and started learning more about history I have to admit that the Civil War is the most interesting and exciting wars to study, and General Grant is one badass!!
Many of the battlefields are kept as they were then. The battle of Shilo is easy to understand if you go there. Chatanooga has changed but the mountain is still there.
Try Allen Tate's biog. of Stonewall Jackson.
Been waiting for this guy and thank you for sharing his life with us.
Our pleasure!
he was a democrat killer of innocent people just to satisfy his ego
Uilysses S. Grant should be recognized for both winning the civil War & his presidency. He did his best in both situations. As far as his drinking went. All of our presidents have their quirks. Ulysses S Grant is an American hero. He is one of our presidents that deserves our admiration in his service in difficult times to the United States. Upon watching this video he just made my top 10 list of favorite presidents.
He was a stand up man. In all areas of his life. I think he was a great solider and president who did his best for the country.
His life is the best example of never quitting in life. He failed so many times in his early life that it wasn't even funny. He eventually had to resort to selling firewood to buy food. We rarely read about how he felt about those trying times and how he overcame these devastating negatives to become General of the Army and then President.
He was not a good President.
At the battle of Cold Harbor, one of his worst defeats. He was passed out for three days. Didn't stand much.
Always had great respect for Grant. One of my favorite people of history.
I've got something in my front pocket for you
John Keegan said Grant's memoir is perhaps the best general's memoirs in any language, so I had to pick it up. I'm only a little past the Mexican War in reading it myself, but man what a cool guy. There are so many great lines and jokes and clever turns of phrase. It's occasionally a little dry, but he really comes through as a great dude--solid thinking, self-effacing, fair in his accounts. Definitely recommend. Looking forward to learning all I can from him.
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Likewise lol
@@barbenders I was just in ballycastle caravan site yesterday weirdly enough lol
People used to give him boxes of cigars as gifts for winning battles and he enjoyed them thoroughly...So much so that he eventually died from inoperable throat cancer at the age of 63, with Generals Sherman and Sheridan as pallbearers at his funeral.
as well as two former enemies, Simon Bolivar Buckner and Joseph E Johnston
@@kidmohair8151 Absolutely...I was particularly impressed with the story of General Joseph E.Johnston, who was once again pallbearer this time at Sherman's funeral on a cold, rainy day in New York City in February 1891, when he insisted on keeping his head uncovered as a sign of respect for the General. Even when someone suggested he might want to keep his hat on or catch cold he replied : "Sherman who do the same for me". As it turned out, he did catch a nasty cold at that funeral, which quickly developed into an even worse pneumonia, from which he died ten days later!..
@@alexanderkarayannis6425 Sherman? I think he said "Grant would do the same for me", but I have to say without having looked it up, that I don't know.
@@kidmohair8151 Actually, he served as pallbearer at both funerals, the Sherman funeral was the cause of his demise because of his insistence to pay his respects properly as his sense of honor demanded, and despite being an adversary in life, and in war, of both Generals, he would never allow anyone to speak disrespectfully about Sherman particularly, in his presence...
@@alexanderkarayannis6425 thank you...I misread your previous response
Robert E. Lee had his admirable qualities but make no mistake, he was a traitor who fought for one of the worst causes any people ever fought for in history. Grant was the true hero of the American Civil War and for all his faults, he was one of the greatest heroes in the history of this nation and we are lucky that he lived.
If your brother hits you do you forgive not him?
Lee was definitely NOT a Traitor. He was a patriot to his cause and should be remembered as such.
Hear ,hear
Lee was a man of great character but ultimately was a traitor
@@DemonKingOFFICIAL not if you are a confederate. If Hitler had won WWII, Oswald Mosely would have had Churchill hung as a traitor!
If you’re born Ulysses then you’re probably destined for greatness. He was an excellent horseman and a brilliant military logistician, and anyone serving in the military will tell you that logistics is everything when it comes to winning the war. You can have the best soldiers, and the best military hardware in the world but if you can’t feed and water the soldiers, and you don’t have fuel, ammunition and engineers for your equipment, then you’ve already lost the battle. Grant understood this well. That’s why he was so successful in the western theatre, that and his utter determination to see the war to its fullest conclusion. He cared deeply about his troops and would break down and sob alone (obviously being seen by one of his staff) after the battle of the wilderness because so many had lost their lives. He didn’t show emotion on the battlefield because there’s no place for it there, your men need confidence and conviction from you, especially in the darkest of moments because it gives them the strength to move forward and fight. Unfortunately you can’t win a war without casualties, and Grant knew that to end the war he would have to fight a total war. That’s a hard thing for many people to come to terms with. You’re going to lose a lot of men, but you’re going to ultimately save millions. If the war had staggered on any longer slavery wouldn’t have been abolished, the 15 and 16 year old boys Lee was desperately recruiting into the army of Virginia would have been killed and the Union would have remained broken. By sheer force of will, Grant moved forward and was determined to end the conflict as soon as possible BEFORE even more men were killed. He understood that the longer he waited the worse it would get. The Confederates were starving, and in reality, Lee had lost the moment Atlanta fell to Sherman. He was surrounded, cut off from supplies and his ‘men’ were starving to death and yet he still waited, refusing to surrender. Pride in your convictions can be an admirable quality, but it can also become all-consuming and lead to terrible consequences…. Lee eventually capitulated, Sheridan had fought and killed JEB Stuart after seeking permission from Meade and Grant, Meade thought it a joke initially but Grant saw the same worth that Sheridan did. Disable the cavalry under Stuart and with Longstreet out west (Grants best man at his wedding) Lee would be alone and vulnerable. Waiting was unbearable agony for Grant but Lee had no alternative, he couldn’t retreat, and he couldn’t attack and fight his way out of this nightmare. Grant was magnanimous in his defeat of Lee and made sure that the terms of surrender were more than palatable to the South. No harsh terms, no trials, the men could leave with their horses so they could farm their land, and they simply had to obey the laws of the state where they resided. Lee couldn’t have expected or wanted more than he was offered. Lincoln and Grant weren’t obliged to give him anything but they wanted to foster new bonds under the now consolidated Union, not sow seeds of hatred. Grant led with a determination and humility that absolutely won the war for the Union. Did he make mistakes ? Absolutely. Did he learn from them ? Absolutely…. I don’t believe he was a big of a drinker as is often thought, many of his staff stated that 2 drinks were more than enough to make him drunk, and he was a slight man. So although he definitely got drunk from sheer loneliness, if it only took 2 drinks to get him drunk then he wasn’t actually drinking a huge amount. Not unlike Edgar Allen Poe, he couldn’t handle his drink and so it only took a little to make him drunk. He could abstain for long periods, making alcohol more of a crutch to handle his loneliness and periods of depression caused by inactivity. He couldn’t have done what he did if he was a drunk, his orders were always concise and he led his men from the front not from far behind the lines.
Great post, but Grant was actually NOT "born Ulysses" (except as a middle name). From birth to the time he went to West Point, his name was "Hiram Ulysses Grant". Worried that his fellow cadets would tease him for having the initials "HUG", Grant switched the order of his first and middle names. This was further complicated when the clerk at West Point, who had never met Grant before but had known some of his mother's relatives, didn't know Grant's middle name and just guessed that it was his mother's maiden name, Simpson, and recorded Grant's name as "Ulysses Simpson Grant". Rather than make a scene, Grant just let his new name stand.
There are just innumerable history videos one can choose from. I appreciate so much a channel that gives you understanding of the person's actions relative to the culture of the time period they lived in, rather than judging their actions by present day norms (if there even is such a thing anymore). I very much enjoyed this video and learned alot from it. I and my 2 sons are history buffs, and have had several discussions about how history came to be taught the way it is in school. Such fascinating things went on, yet for them names and dates were what was emphasized and so they never liked it at the time.
One big problem with history in schools (besides the current "agenda") is that the more standardized tests become, the more focus is put on names and dates as these are the easiest thing to make multiple choice questions about.
He should be honored as both he was a good General and he helped stabilized the economy after the war yes he had Flaws but everyone does no human can be perfect
He was the Union's and Lincoln's savior, really. His victories in the Battles of the Wilderness, Vicksburg, the river campaign and capture of Fort Donelson, through the western theater as much as first showed the total-war formula that Sherman adopted too that became the warwinning Union strategy he alone seemed to grasp first, that Lincoln timely recognized. His characteristic unconditional surrender terms became our war aims ever since. Without U.S. Grant, the war may have been twice as long or lost altogether - one guy, outta nowhere, who drank heavily.
@@jeffwalther3935 yeah I agree your somewhat right on the drinking he didn’t drink when he was on campaign or something important is or was going to happen
@@RandomPersonR Yes he did " . . . drink when he was on campaign or something important is or was going to happen", and everybody did, then, and smoke AND more too. More often than today, prior to a century and a half of Prohibition, anti-alcohol and antidrug user campaigns. THAT was how folx got through life back then, (chemical transcendence) that was about 5-10 harder, difficult, brutal, ugly, short, unjust, harsh, depressing and "uncomfortable" than today. They were functional drug users, using the drug(s) of their society to accommodate their bodies to the inorganic and extraordinary demands, schedules and challenges of late nineteenth century life and civil war in America.
The bad reputation of drug users stems mostly from the temporary incapacity of drug users transitioning between sporadic functionality, on and off the drug. But if they managed to learn how stay on the drug consistently they were fine AND used it for what ailed themselves, (like medicine) - and got over.
@@jeffwalther3935 cant recall if I read it in his biography or where? But believe it was said that his adversaries often exaggerated how much he drank. Either way as you alluded to, drinking back then wasnt comparable to what "drinking alot" means to some ppl nowdays. Not to mention alcohol was still safer to drink than most all sources of water during that time. Correct on other drugs also if not for chemists/doctors looking for a cure for morphine addiction, heroin wouldnt have been created. Same can be said nowdays, most substitutes or "cures" for the original substance are much worse. Tapering is the safest & most effective way to get ppl off anything & allows the person to still remain functional
His only discernable flaw is that he seemed to find it hard to believe that not everyone was as honest and forthright as he was himself.
Being Dutch I'm stunned that it has taken the US so long to justly honour this great general, president, husband and truely worldclass leader.
The US model for Churhill though, humaine and human, loving a drink in a mad world gone mad.
Excellent video thanks.
You still have American people who fly the confederate flag on their property, and there are a lot of them. If half the country thinks the Confederates were the victims, that doesn’t bode well for popularity polls. You also have a new generations of Libertarians who think Calvin Coolidge is the greatest president ever and Lincoln was a tyrannical dictator who should have let the country secede and let the free market end slavery over a very long period of time. Of course Americans won’t praise Grant, he was ahead of his time and our time
Being Dutch you would not understand Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
Complete and Total Thumbs Up For this Video and President Grant !
Please do W. T. Sherman, and Stonewall Jackson. Great video! Can't wait to see more on the Civil War.
One of our greatest presidents and and a brilliant commander who vanquished the traitor Robert Lee who had become the brilliant lost cause hero of the Civil War. Let it be known now and forever the true hero of the Civil War and one of the greatest and most admired of all Americans was and is Ulysses. S. Grant.
To bad the woke mob tore down grants bust in San Francisco and graffiti one of his statues
I think Grant would approve of this biography
I've been to Grant's tomb. A photographer's dream come true !
It’s unfortunate that we can’t go inside anymore. Its been barricaded for years, so I’ve only seen the outside whenever i stop by
One day!
Old Joke: Who is buried in Grant's tomb? PS -- Want to buy a bridge?
He was said to have a very sharp brain for the big picture.. His written orders were precise and clear.
Thank you very much for this thought provoking episode. It’s been a call to use our heads and think in such a way that is logical and without excessive emotion. Grant was a brave man and simply responded to what was placed in front of him and did the best he could in the most honorable way possible for the times. Thank you!
I always enjoy learning about American heros. Enjoy learning what makes people rise to the occasion, finally reaching success. It's always amazing. There is nothing more exciting than life!
Ulysses S.Grant should be remembered not only as a President of the United States but also a great military strategists and military General.
Grant is one of my favorite US presidents. I almost named my son Ulysses, alas its only his middle name.
Ulysses S. Grant was a brave and strong patriot who overcame challenges during the risks of the Civil War and in unfortunate cases, and his last battle with throat cancer in order to finish writing his memoirs is what made me admire and respect him. He was a hero that everyone needed.
Apparently Twain liked him and he had a habit of going broke himself.
An amazing biography to accompany this documentary; which is much more detailed, and the one upon which I based my claims that Grant was not a active alcoholic, is Ron Chernow’s book GRANT. It is on AUDIBLE and takes over 44 hours of listening; it is well worth the effort. I listened to it while doing yard work or exercise. It analyzes the “alcoholism” claims leveled against Grant by his enemies thoroughly and is believable. Some people hated him and tried to destroy him. The story of Mark Twain’s aid to Grant; when Grant was at a terrible low point, made me cry! Both are men to admire and emulate. Thanks to both these truly humane men; great Americans and World ambassadors!
"To Rescue the Republic" by
Bert Baier is also excellent
He was an amazing man, as a family man, military service and as president. Churchill was a great man and also an alcoholic. Their vast problems during our nations infancy would have deserved some strong drink. God bless Grants memory and his family today!
I think Viggo Mortensen would make an AMAZING General Grant. I'll bet he'll do all the horse stunts himself.
None of those Hollywood fucks are worthy to play U.S. Grant.
I’m related to Grant.
That's an excellent idea.
Finally a new video that doesn't skip like a vhs tape, hopefully will be thorough, honest and show the fair, war genius,, and humble man that U.S. Grant was
Great video! One of my fave people in history. Thanks y’all 😍
His selection of Chamberlane to take surrender of Confadrate army under Gen Gorden, and his terms of surrender worked wonders for subsequent reconciliation. of North and the South.
The one thing people always forget about General Grant is how well he works with The United States Navy in The Western Theater. The Army General's in the East and South did work well with them at first. General Grant knew he had to be a good partner with the Navy!
All things considered, Grant did a great service to his country and should certainly be considered one of the best generals in US history.
the Rebels lost the war, but they were allowed to win the peace...
and that has led to a lot of the current divisions in the country
The problem was, Grant couldn't keep Federal troops in the South forever to maintain Reconstruction, so everything went back to the way it was pre-war. And we are still suffering from those decisions.
@@tebelshaw9486 small edit...wasn't *allowed* by Congress to keep US troops in the unreconstructed south, and yes, it is still causing much trouble...but I don't know if even Lincoln would have been able to, if he had lived, do any better. The economic and political pressures exerted by the planter class were too great.
@@kidmohair8151 Grant was far more popular than lincoln in his time.
Grant Was So Well And Picked For The Civil War For Many Perfect Reason's.
Glad you finally covered Ulysses S. Grant! Ground News sounds interesting. Haven't seen an app like that before, but it seems like an obvious need.
It's a God send considering every news piece you see or read these days tends to be someone's opinion. To actually get the facts would be refreshing.
Ulysses S is one of my heroes. We also share a birthday. I highly recommend his autobiography. It’s fascinating.
Appomattox Court House was the name of the village itself. Grant and Lee met in a private home owned by Wilmer McLean. Ironically, McLean also owned the property in Manassas where the first major battle of the Civil War was fought.
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Washington, Grant, Eisenhower. Our greatest Generals were also our greatest Presidents. They who knew the horrors of war became the best gradians of what so many under their command sacrificed for.
Grant was a poor president.
We need a president like him in today's world
How should he be remembered? Foremost as a man of character. He inherited a slave, and instead of selling the slave for lots of money that Grant desperately needed, Grant simply granted freedom to the slave. Lee, on the other hand, was an inheritor of great slave capital, and capitalized on their value as much as possible.
Grant should be remembered for being honorable, as he never broke his oath of allegiance to the USA. Lee was dishonorable as he broke his oath.
Grant was also very good at planning and executing successful invasions. Lee, conversely, failed all of his invasions into the United States territory. Grant should be remembered by all Americans to be not only a better strategist than Lee, but also a better person than Lee, and Southerners especially should be grateful for Lincoln and his top generals who reunited this country to make it the more principled, anti-fascist superpower that it is today.
Lovely comparison of the two in short form.
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If you're trying to say the South was fascist, you completely misunderstand the entire concept of fascism which wouldn't even become an ideology for another 60 years.
@@JCDenton3 You wouldn’t call the parts of the USA, whose cornerstone was slavery, “egalitarian” or even truly a “product of Enlightenment principles”, would you? Even after the 13th Amendment, much of the country denied Jews, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, etc.,any rights, such as trial by jury, access to public facilities, voting, education, yadda, yadda… The KKK and other white Christian nationalists, whether alive in the 1860’s without swastika tattoos or in the present with swastika tattoos, definitely feel that they are a “superior race”. American fascism existed long before Mussolini put a name to his particular manifestation of it. If you think it’s a crime to use the term “fascism” for any history prior to The 1930’s , I can respect your opinion. I just hope you also understand the point I am making, even if it isn’t how you would choose to describe it. 👍🙂
The History Books Make It Sound Like The North Fired First Shot But South Fired First At Fort Sumter charleston south Carolina
definitely gonna read his memoirs one of these days
not sure who I like more him or Lincoln
They are just marvelous folx, huh? I love 'em both too, JUST for the very same reasons you do. Not only is everything since 1865 JUST because of those two guys doing THEIR thing, but it means that's what we can expect from our American Way we invented that save us here where all others would not make it, over and over and over again. They were spectacularly FIT for the task of America as a federation of States - as intended. It worked. We can expect such further when we get "Back to the Future", imho. Keep the faith. May the fourth be with you and us.
Riveting bedtime reading material. Well worth the read. Sherman's a good one to read as well. The best one though is Sam Watkin's book" Company Aytch".
@@myvideos2715 I've got both Sherman and Grant I've just gotta make my way there haha I'll give sam Watkins book a look
I'm currently reading them. So far they are really good!!
Lee and Grant didn't meet "at the courthouse in Appomattox"... the town was named Appomattox Court House, and they met in a farmer's home to discuss the surrender.
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I admired both General Grant and President Grant for the work he did for our Country. In both capacities he was more then capable and a leader people could look up to. Ulysses Grant sacrificed greatly to make a better country for all Americans, much unlike the current president occupying the White House. 15 June 2023.
A few years ago I watched a TV series called The Great Commanders in which the top six military commanders of all time were each analysed, the six were Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant and Georgi Zhukov, to be even mentioned in such august company shows the measure of the man. Kind regards from England.
He deserves it when you consider how active and consistently dominant he was in his time period.
Certainly, when you think about, the Vicksburg Campaign is an achievement on par with those of the figures listed above.
@@Jason-fm4my I disagree Jason the US at the time were not a major power as they are now, it was a tactical victory when he took Vicksburg on the 4th of July 1863. I know Vicksburg never flew the Stars and Stripes above their city on the 4th of July for another 80 odd years until the US entered WW2 because of what they went through.
Having said that his tactical victories, and there were many, led to the strategic victory of the North and the end of the war. Kind regards from England and thanks for your input Jason.
@@fredbeach2085 The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of battles and river crossings that cut off support and reinforcements to the fortress by first pushing enemy forces out of the region and establishing a buffer zone around the fortress. The buffer zone was basically the entire state. The capture of that fortress split the confederacy in two, which was a common strategic innovation of Grant's, that likely contributed heavily to the Confederacies collapse. It's not an exaggeration to say that as a Texan I would probably be living in a pariah failed state today if things had gone differently at that time, so I see things differently.
I would argue what Zhukov had to deal with makes him tops in that list…but as westerners we kind of don’t understand how a Russian could be there. Not a great man or anything like that, but although we came out a superpower with the Soviets…the Russians won the war in Europe and Zhukov led underfed and weaponless soldiers who were looked at as expendable.
Truly incredible the stand at Stalingrad. Zhukov and the Winter lol
Grant is lost is the decades that include the war and the failed reconstruction. Teaches can't explain it adequately how we ended up worse after the war. I'm glad to know him a bit better. Loved Ron Chernow, too.
Due to Lincoln trying to appease the south by naming Andrew Johnson as VP. Johnson was opposite of Lincoln in just about every way possible. Even for that time where almost everyone is thought to be racist- he was a full blown racist. Believe (too tired at the moment to check if my memory is correct lol) he pulled all Union troops out of the south as soon as he took office, which of course had a massive effect on reconstruction
If I understand correctly, Lincoln's legacy that lays forgotten is his failure to get Republican Supreme Court Justices that also supported equality before the law. They wound up setting legal precedents that nullified the reconstruction constitutional amendments. To this day much civil rights precedences are based on the commerce clause of the 3rd amendment, allowing the government to regulate interstate commerce.
@@Jason-fm4my the 3rd amendment doesnt have a commerce clause. George wrote the 3rd amendment to stop soldiers from quartering in peoples homes as dependants during peacetime without the consent of the owner because redcoats were jacksboots requiring you house and feed them. Listening for anyone who doesnt approve of the king. Has nothing to do with interstate commerce.
Thank you for such a great description on President Grant!
Grant was a great military leader and aPresident of vision in a time of darkness and uncertainty and should be recognized for his strong leadership during these times
He was also a very good artist!! For being self taught,I think his art was GREAT!
An honorable great man. Inherited a slave and freed him right away. A blessing to our country. A soldier with a fondness for peace. Thank you for all you did and sacrificed for our blessed nation. You left a better country than you found. Memory Eternal, Eternal gratitud.
He freed the slave AFTER the slave (some say 2) was forced to build his barn. Look it up.
His reputation has repeatedly dragged into drinking. He was a sensitive man, a family man. Away from that aspect, Grant like many, used alcohol to relive his pain. Once reunited with his family he was a leader par none.
Vicksburg was a stroke of genius. He led his troops masterfully which led to his control of all Union armies.
President and General Grant did his best in the most difficult of circumstances.
Unconditional Surrender Grant
"Campaigning with Grant " by Horace Porter is a free audiobook on RUclips. Excellent! He was a great man.
1 of my heroes.
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Incredible that Grant is not held in higher esteem as a President, he was easily one of the best.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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US Grant was a formidable man who had his demons. He was solid. For this I look to him as a model in life.
He was a remarkable soldier and president. Thank you for the video.
At 3 to 1 odds you could be a remarkable soldier too. Also Grant was a lousy President.
Nice video from excellent specific channel video about famous historical personality in history of USA
Great documentary! Thank you!
Kind of sad that you didn't dived deeper into his meeting with Bismarck or other famous people of the period, but still pretty cool video.
He was & should always be remembered as a Great 👍 American 😊!
I’m related to Ulysses S Grant and I’ve learned a lot things on this video
I've been told I am too
Consider the odds that this man would be in the right place at the right time to make a huge impact on the country. If Grant had stayed in the military, he would have been at a distant post or in Washington DC. Instead, he was in Galena, IL and started as a Colonel. Being far from Washington and the newspapers of the East, allowed Grant to slowly develop his skills as an officer and a General. He learned from his mistakes, and then as luck would have he won at Forts Henry and Donelson. He would go on to win at Vicksburg. A campaign that is still studied at military academies to this day. He cleaned up the mess at Chattanooga. He would finally do what no other Union General had done, he would battle Robert E. Lee for 11 months, but Grant would finally end the Civil War. Less then 4 years later, he would be President.
My question is how did he and his wife fund their 2-year Worldwide trip? There were no ATM's back then.
Grant was an exceptional president and general. USG has mainly been disregarded based on his adamant stance on protecting the emancipation of black Americans and bringing equality to all in this country.
Ulysses maybe, the greatest American of them all 🇺🇸 ...once selling firewood to survive ...incredible story ❤🤍💙
When he was at a finacial low, he set the slave he had inherited free. A slave was very valuable and he could have sold him and solved his economic problems. It was not just that he set the slave free but when he did it. He also worked side by side with him during his "hard scrabble" days of trying to make it as a farmer. He was the first civil rights president and set the federal army to break up the KKK. Unfortunately those gains were soon undone.
@@WILTALK thank you for message ...I was friends with one of his great grandsons ...Ron Grant ...it's a wonderful story ...Ron helped me personally a lot
Yes, Ulusses S. Grant should be rated higher in the Presidential performance rating. One aspect of Grants' excellence as a leader is his treatment of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia during and after Lees' surrender: Grant followed-through with Abraham Lincolns' plan to not bring any prosections against Confederate military leaders and possibly start a guerilla war post surrender.
Fun Fact: Ulysses S. Grant has the largest mausoleum in North America. It's called Grant's Tomb
I think he would have hated that
However, there is a controversy as to who lies buried within.
I like Grant,your video was fair and did him justice!!!!!🙂🇬🇧
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Grant was ahead of his time re: strategy. I think he was the first to fully understand that to assure lasting victory, you had to demolish the army of the enemy, not just grab territory while the enemy retreats, recovers, re-arms and fights again. When Grant beat you, you were done and lucky to be alive. Thus, his high casualty rate per battle but, in the end, you can make a good case that he saved both military and civilian lives.
Great job as always.
Great Docu! Hats off! Thank you. 🙏🤓
Thanks for the documentary. I’m so glad we’ve became so progressive through the years
I like President Grant. More people should know about his life. Keep doing videos on U.S.Presidents and other people.
Unconditional Surrender Grant.
Fort Donelson remembers
History of our country needs to be back in the schools.
Another great video
Thank you for this video
I'm actually related to Ulysses S Grant on my mom's side of the family. Enjoyed watching this.
I have been to the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego, California for my birthday. Very nice Hotel.
The man who God created to save America from itself. He was the only black President. He cared about everyone and did the best he could under extremely difficult circumstances. General Sherman was the first Firefighter 🔥 see Atlanta! Praise God for these two gentlemen. I love and respect them both so much.
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What? This is president Grant. Comment about the great president Grant.
Excellent and thanks .
I missed the mentioning of his friendship with Sherman- an at least equally capable commanding general