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Men of Fire
Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil WarBy Jack HurstNarrated by Tom WeinerLength13h 36m
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In 1862, Ulysses S. Grant achieved what President Lincoln had sought since the start of the war: the first decisive Union victory. Fought on the western edge of the theater, the Forts Henry and Donelson campaign was a gruesome omen of what was to come.
Grant, until then an obscure brigadier general with a reputation for drink, became the fighting man of the hour, earning the nickname “Unconditional Surrender” Grant for his relentless pounding of the Confederates. But he had a match in ruthlessness in Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, cavalry commander in the Henry and Donelson campaign, proved a counterweight to Grant: quick and nimble to the former’s steady plodding, a ruthless slaveholder and future KKK Grand Wizard to Grant’s abolitionism.
Hurst captures the battle of these two great men and armies in all its destructive glory.
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (253)
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GenreHistory
Length13 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byTom Weiner
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 1, 2006
LanguageEnglish
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