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As part of their preparation to co-author their book Unconditional Surrender: Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War, Chris Mackowski and Curt Fields (as U.S. Grant) sat down to talk about the war from Grant’s perspective. The result was a nine-part series that served as the outline for Unconditional Surrender, published by Savas Beatie as part of the Emerging Civil War Series.
This episode recounts the beginning of the match-up between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, beginning in the Wilderness, moving to Spotsylvania then down to the banks of the North Anna River before reaching the gates of Richmond at Cold Harbor.
For more on "Unconditional Surrender," visit savasbeatie.com/unconditional-surrender-ulysses-s-grant-in-the-civil-war/.
As part of their preparation to co-author their book Unconditional Surrender: Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War, Chris Mackowski and Curt Fields (as U.S. Grant) sat down to talk about the war from Grant’s perspective. The result was a nine-part series that served as the outline for Unconditional Surrender, published by Savas Beatie as part of the Emerging Civil War Series.
This episode recounts the beginning of the match-up between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, beginning in the Wilderness, moving to Spotsylvania then down to the banks of the North Anna River before reaching the gates of Richmond at Cold Harbor.
For more on "Unconditional Surrender," visit savasbeatie.com/unconditional-surrender-ulysses-s-grant-in-the-civil-war/.
