American Ulysses A Life of Ulysses S. Grant White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric) 1939- creator author. text bibliography Biographies. Biography. History. Biographies. nyu 2016 First edition. monographic eng print xxvii, 826 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm A "biography of one of America's greatest generals-- and most misunderstood presidents"-- Part I. Formation 1630-1848 -- "My family is American" -- "My Ulysses" -- West Point -- "Dear Julia" -- "By treaty or the sword" -- "Army of invasion" -- Part II. Trial 1848-1861 -- Panama -- "Forsaken" -- "Hardscrabble" -- Galena -- Part II. Transformation 1861-1865 -- "I am in to do all I can" -- Belmont -- "Unconditional surrender" -- Shiloh -- William Tecumseh Sherman -- "More than forty Richmonds" -- Vicksburg -- Chattanooga -- "Washington's legitimate successor" -- "Battle of the Wilderness" -- Robert E. Lee -- Petersburg -- Appomattox -- Part IV. Reconstruction 1865-1868 -- "I will keep my word" -- "More & more radical" -- "Let us have peace" -- Part V. President 1869-1877 -- "Gold panic" -- "A radical change in Indian policy" -- "Foreign relations" -- Ku Klux Klan -- "The Gilded Age" -- "Malfeasance!" -- Centennial crisis -- Part VI. World citizen 1879-1885 -- American ambassador abroad -- Grant & Ward -- Final campaign -- Epilogue. Ronald C. White. Includes bibliographical references (pages 773-787) and index. n-us--- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Presidents United States Biography Generals United States Biography United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography United States Politics and government 1869-1877 Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 American Civil War (1861-1865) Generals Politics and government Presidents United States 1861-1877 fast E672 .W48 2016 973.8/2092 B 9781400069026 1400069025 9781588369925 (ebook) 1588369927 2015044513 DLC 151113 20161031115149.0 in00003752472 eng