Grant’s Holy Grail
Dec 24, 2019
2 minutes
Interview by Nancy Tappan
When Ulysses Grant took command of the Military District of Southeastern Missouri in September 1861, he had one unmistakable goal: The war could not be won until the Mississippi and its tributaries were conquered. In Vicksburg: Grant’s, historian recounts how Grant’s drive and singular sense of purpose enabled him to accomplish that lofty objective in July 1863.
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