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American Unionism
Ulysses S. Grant
The Silent Commander · Civil War and Reconstruction, 1822-1885
Grant writes war without romance and command without vanity.
- Command
- Endurance
- Union
- Clarity
- Reconstruction
Start with Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Life
Ulysses S. Grant was the Union general who led the defeat of the Confederacy and later served as the eighteenth president of the United States. His memoirs are among the finest presidential and military writings in American history.
The question
“What does duty look like when there is no glamour left?”
Argued against
Confederate rebellion, romantic war myths, hesitation, and self-dramatizing leadership.
Why Ulysses S. Grant matters
Grant gives Nexus a model of plainspoken command and unromantic greatness. His memoirs make war readable without making it pretty.
Where to start
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant One of the greatest American memoirs and a natural Nexus reader text.
Works
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Memoir · Advanced Grant's plainspoken account of war, command, and memory.