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Grant rising : mapping the career of a great commander through 1862
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"One-volume summary in maps and text of Ulysses S. Grant's famous battles in 1862 -- Donelson and Shiloh -- and also his early life, including his frontier and Mexican War service, as well as his m...
"One-volume summary in maps and text of Ulysses S. Grant's famous battles in 1862 -- Donelson and Shiloh -- and also his early life, including his frontier and Mexican War service, as well as his minor engagements in the Western Theater of the American Civil War"--Publisher's web site.
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- Creator
- narrative by James R. Knight ; cartography by Hal Jespersen
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- English
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- First North American edition
- [Berkeley, CA] : Lombardy Studios, [2014]
- ©2014
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- viii, 112 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 x 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781940169125, 9781940169019, 1940169127, 1940169011
- OCLC
- ocn927376449
- Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index.
- Grant's early life -- War with Mexico : 1846-1848 -- Grant's life : 1848-1860 -- 1861 : a nation divided -- Command & control in the West -- Grant's early commands -- Operations in southeastern Missouri -- The Army builds a navy -- Battle of Belmont : November 7, 1861 -- The South invaded : January-March 1862 -- Grant's lieutenants -- Western theater : early 1862 -- Grant moves south -- Battle of Fort Henry : February 6, 1862 -- Gunboat raid -- Advance to Fort Donelson -- Battle of Fort Donelson : February 13-16, 1862 -- Federal offensives : April-July 1862 -- Operations around Corinth -- Grant resumes command -- Confederate advance to Shiloh -- Battle of Shiloh : April 6-7, 1862 -- Halleck takes Corinth -- The South strikes back : August-October 1862 -- Confederate offensives in the West -- Federal advance on Iuka -- Battle of Iuka : September 19, 1862 -- Confederate advance to Corinth -- Battle of Corinth : October 3-4, 1862 -- Confederate retreat from Corinth -- Stalemate : end of 1862 -- Grant's Vicksburg offensive foiled -- Federal communications breakdown -- Battle of Chickasaw Bayou : December 27-29, 1862 -- Summary : the rise of Grant
Subjects
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Military leadership.
- Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
- Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.